Thomas More's Utopia

<p>The 500<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the first publication of Thomas More's <i>Utopia</i> invites a reappraisal of its significance not just as an ironic and playful fiction but as a serious contribution to social and political thought. More delivers a searing critique of the injustices of his time and imagines a radical alternative based on common ownership and representative government. In this new interpretation Wilde surveys the context from which <i>Utopia </i>emerged and analyses its key themes - politics economics social relations crime and punishment war and religion.</p>