A personal appreciation / Mario M. Cuomo -- The argument of Utopia / George M Logan -- The key to nowhere / Thomas I. White -- Utopia and martyrdom / Germ Marc Hadour -- The idea of Utopia from Hesiod to John Paul II / John C. Olin
John C. Olin was Professor Emeritus of History at Fordham University.
Originally presented in October 1985 at Fordham University as a
symposium commemorating the 450th anniversary of More's death and
the 50th anniversary of his canonization, this volume includes New
York Governor Mario Cuomo's remarks of personal appreciation
opening the symposium, the papers developed therefrom, and a
concluding essay by John Olin (professor emeritus of history,
Fordham). This slim volume picks up the "seemingly inexhaustible"
and "ever-continuing debate" More began in Utopia, carrying it
forward with four stimulating essays on this "deeply enigmatic
book" by four Morean scholars. In "The Argument of Utopia" G.M.
Logan (Princeton) considers the work rhetorically, relating the
moral and expedient to the political realm. T.I. White (Upsala), in
"The Key to Nowhere: Pride and Utopia," identifies pride as the
source of social evil. G. Marc'hadour (Universite Catholique de
l'Ouest in Angers, France) develops "Utopia and Martyrdom,"
contrasting Christian spirituality and the rational asceticism of
the Utopian Buthrescae. Olin's essay, "The Idea of Utopia from
Hesiod to John Paul II," supplies "broader dimensions and deeper
aspects of the utopian vision." This long look in a short space by
scholars of literature, philosophy, and history is a welcome
addition to Moreana, a stimulus to a continuation of the utopian
debate. Highly recommended.
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