乌托邦

Firstpublished(inLatin)in1516,ThomasMoresUtopiaisoneofthemostinfluenialbooksintheWetemphilosophicalandliterarytraditionandoneofthesupremeachievementsofRenaissancehumanism.Morecoinedtheword‘utopia’(fromtheGreek：‘noplace’),andhiscomplexlyironicaccountofanimaginarycommunistsocietynotonlyhasgivenrisetothegenreofutopianfictionbuthasbeenaninspirationtogenerationsofpoliticalreformers.AfternearlyfivecenturiesUtopiacontinuestoprovokeintenseinterestandlivelydebateamongstudentsandscholars.ForpublicationintheCambridgeTextsseriestheeditorshaveinchudedalltheancillarymaterialsthatwereinchuded,atMoresbehest,intheearlyeditions(encompassinglettersandpoemsonUtopiabyMoreandseveralofhishumanistassociates).ThetextofUtopiaitselfisanewversionofthehighlyregardedtranslationbyRobertM.Adams,andtheintroductorymaterialsandannotationsincorporatemuchimportantrecentscholarship.Thiseditionalsoinchudesabriefbibliographyandchrronology,intendedtoassistthestudentencounteringthiscelebratedtextforthefirsttime.