Murderous Idealism»: Voegelin’s reading of Thomas More’s work

Authors

  • Mario Tesini University of Parma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1974-4935/6543

Keywords:

Thomas More, Eric Voegelin, utopia, eschatology

Abstract

In 1951 Eric Voegelin dedicated a long and very dense essay to the Utopia of Thomas More, subsequently integrated in a larger portrait of the Renaissance political thought. The critical interpretation of Voegelin focuses on the breakdown of the traditional order and the emerging of a new vision of Man and Politics in the early sixteenth century, and particularly on the risks related to the mundane eschatology of which the work of More is involuntary and somewhat inconsistent anticipation.

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Published

2016-12-22

How to Cite

Tesini, M. (2016). Murderous Idealism»: Voegelin’s reading of Thomas More’s work. Governare La Paura. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1974-4935/6543

Issue

2016: Utopian itineraries, 500 years after More

Section

Essays and Notes

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Copyright (c) 2016 Mario Tesini

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