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 Agostini’s 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 book’s 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.
Author(s): Antonio Donato
Series: Palgrave Studies in Utopianism
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 256
City: Cham
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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