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The Idea of Utopia

This work delves into Sir Thomas More's "Utopia," examining its reflections on institutions in Europe during the Renaissance and Reformation. It explores the concept of perfectibility amidst the backdrop of the demise of medieval structures, the age of discovery, and the religious upheavals leading to the Reformation. By critiquing existing political and social systems, More suggests a vision of societal idealism intertwined with moral foundations. This analysis serves as a key resource in understanding the tensions between corporatism and emerging capitalism.

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The Idea of Utopia

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  1. The Idea of Utopia Europeans, Perfectibility, & Others

  2. Sir Thomas More, 1478-1535

  3. Why We Read Utopia in CF 3333 • book on institutions- you can grid it • institutions that are - Europe • institutions that might be - Utopia • fascinating primary source dealing with • demise of the Medieval order • the age of discovery • causes of the Reformation

  4. The Setting • Renaissance & Reformation • Age of Discovery ou topos • Corporatism to Capitalism • Nostalgia for Corporatism • Sabine on Utopia

  5. Corporatism • “The Corporatism of the Middle Ages” • Mumford • Sabine • “The Oath of Aethelred”

  6. A Man for All Seasons • Vita - Renaissance Humanist • Humanist in Power • The Theorist • Systems Theory • Non-Incremental • Centrality of Morality • More & Hythloday 73-74 • an inner dialogue

  7. the prudent critic direct criticism- 61, col. 2, bottom indirect criticism (?)- 109, col. 2, par. 1

  8. Protest! • Explicit Criticisms • Enclosure Acts 62 • unsatisfactory clergy 67 • excessive punishment 64 • Implicit Criticisms • role of civic virtue 92 • treatment of retarded, insane 100 • role of gold & silver 88 • marriage 98 • diet 78 • law & lawyers 100 • political prudence 80

  9. Protest! • Political Economy • no market mechanism 78 • city - hinterland work ibid. • workfare 81, 86-87 • Religious Tolerance • Utopos & religious pluralism 107ff. • repression of zealots 109

  10. Protest! • critique of what is • suggestion of what might be

  11. Utopian Corporatism • politics 100 • economics 114 • justice 115 • “a moral and social foundation” 115-116

  12. A Prayer “The service ends with a set prayer repeated by both priests and congregation.” More, 114 (top of column tw0)

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