Ludovico Agostini's 'Imaginary republic' : utopia in the Italian renaissance / Antonio Donato.
Donato, Antonio, 1979- author.
2023
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Title
Ludovico Agostini's 'Imaginary republic' : utopia in the Italian renaissance / Antonio Donato.
Author
Donato, Antonio, 1979- author.
ISBN
9783030970161 (electronic bk.)
3030970167 (electronic bk.)
9783030970154
3030970159
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97016-1
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 254 pages).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-97016-1 doi
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JC11
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.1
Summary
This book offers the first English translation and comprehensive analysis (inclusive of introductory study and endnotes to the translation) of the longest and most complex Italian Renaissance utopia, Ludovico Agostinis Imaginary Republic. It not only reveals the significance of a text that has been mostly forgotten; it also shows how an investigation of Imaginary Republic uncovers neglected and surprising facets of Renaissance utopianism. The current scholarly image of Renaissance utopianism is based, predominantly, on English texts. Other European utopian traditions are considered only tangentially and do not substantially inform the overall picture of the nature of Renaissance utopias. This books study of Imaginary Republic, within the context of Italian sixteenth- and seventeenth-century utopias, contributes to filling this gap in the critical literature by expanding the current understanding of Renaissance utopianism. Antonio Donato is Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at Queens College, City University of New York, USA. He is the author of Boethius Consolation of Philosophy as a Product of Late Antiquity (2013), Italian Renaissance Utopias: Doni, Patrizi, and Zuccolo (Palgrave, 2019), and Boezio. Un pensatore tardoantico e il suo mondo (2021).
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Includes index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 31, 2022).
Series
Palgrave studies in utopianism.
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Print version: 9783030970154
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Intro
Translator's Note
Contents
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Part I: Ludovico Agostini's Imaginary Republic and Italian Renaissance Utopianism
Chapter 2: Searching for Italian Renaissance Utopias
Utopia and Utopianism
What Is Italian Renaissance Utopianism?
Italian Renaissance Utopias: A Genealogical Approach
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Chapter 3: Ludovico Agostini and His Time
Agostini, Utopianism, and His Time
The Life of a Renaissance Utopist8
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Chapter 4: The Imaginary Republic and Agostini's Utopianism
Context, Structure, and Title of the Imaginary Republic
The Literary Genre of Dialogue in Italian Renaissance Utopias
The Characters of the Imaginary Republic
Agostini's Conceptualisation of Utopia
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Part II: Ludovico Agostini's Imaginary Republic: Translation and Endnotes
Chapter 5: The Origin of Laws and Utopia
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Chapter 6: The Cardinal Virtues
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Chapter 7: The Imaginary Society I: The Health System
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Chapter 8: The Imaginary Society II: The Political System and the Military Organisation
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Chapter 9: The Imaginary Society III: The Economic System
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Index

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