Five hundred years since its first publication, Thomas More's Utopia remains ast
onishingly radical and provocative. More imagines an island nation where thousan
ds live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and property is c
ommunal. In a text hovering between fantasy, satire, blueprint and game, More ex
plores the theories and realities behind war, political conflicts, social tensio
ns and redistribution, and imagines the day-to-day lives of a citizenry living f
ree from fear, oppression, violence and suffering.
