L'utopie sous toutes ses formes

Écrit par Thomas More

Raconté par Bernard Petit

Ce livre audio est une synthèse de "L'Utopie" de Thomas More, suivie d'extraits de "La citoyenneté et la construction du vivre-ensemble : psychologie politique du raisonnable et du convenable", "L'homme est radicalement bon" et "Friedrich Nietzsche et la philosophie du droit et de l'Etat" par divers philosophes. « L’Utopie » est un ouvrage de Thomas More paru en 1516. Il s'agit d'un livre fondateur de la pensée utopiste, le mot utopie étant lui-même dérivé de son titre. L'ouvrage a connu un succès particulier en France au XVII siècle et au XVIII siècle. Le sujet a passionné non seulement les philosophes mais de nombreux écrivains. « L'utopie ne signifie pas l'irréalisable, mais l'irréalisé. L'utopie d'hier peut devenir la réalité. » Theodore Monod.
Níkos Kazantzákis est un écrivain (il est l’auteur de Zorba le grec) homme politique et philosophe grec.

• Langue: Français
• Éditeur: VOolume Audio
• Date de sortie: 1 janv. 2019
• ISBN: 9782364068124

Thomas More

Thomas More (1478-1535) was an English lawyer, judge, philosopher, statesman, and humanist. Born in London, he was the second of six children born to Sir John More and his wife Agnes. From 1490 to 1492, he served as household page for Archbishop of Canterbury John Morton, who introduced him to Renaissance humanism and nominated him for a spot at the University of Oxford. After two years of learning Latin and Greek, he left to study law and was called to the Bar in 1502. Two years later, he was elected to Parliament, launching his political career in earnest. In 1516, while serving as Privy Counsellor, More published Utopia, a work of political philosophy and social satire that describes the customs of a fictional island nation. After a series of prominent posts in the court of King Henry VIII, More succeeded Thomas Wolsey as Lord Chancellor in 1529, making him one of the most powerful men in England. His three-year reign was mired in controversy, as he worked to impede the influence of the Protestant Reformation through the persecution of heretics and the suppression of Lutheran books, especially the Tyndale Bible. In 1530, he refused to sign a letter to Pope Clement VII that sought to annul Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon, damaging his relationship with the King and distancing himself from clergymen loyal to the crown. After resigning in 1532, he further enraged the King by refusing to attend the coronation of Anne Boleyn, leading to a series of charges orchestrated by Thomas Cromwell. His refusal to take the Oath of Supremacy, which recognized the King as the figurehead of a new Church of England, would culminate in his being found guilty of high treason in 1535. Five days after his trial by jury, More was beheaded at Tower Hill. Recognized as a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was canonized as a saint in 1935 by Pope Pius XI.