CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Onofriichuk, Tetiana |
|---|---|
| Title | Eighteenth-Century English Utopias in the Context of the Enlightenment 'Science of Man' and Travel Literature: Human Nature, 'Unsocial Sociability' and the Continuity of the Tradition of Early Modern Utopian Writing |
| Summary | This thesis is dedicated to the utopian discourse of the eighteenth century in the context of moral philosophy of Bernard Mandeville, Adam Smith and travel narratives of the age of Enlightenment. The author shows the evolution of the representation of the utopian citizen throughout the 18th century, taking English Enlightenment as the background for the utopists’ ideas. The main argument of this research is that utopias of the 18th century are part of the discourse about human nature of the age. The utopian society of the Enlightenment had the same natural laws, human nature, and social and commercial features. Also the author argues that utopias of the 18th century continue the early modern tradition of utopian writing, contrary to the point of view of J.C. Davis and his idea that Enlightenment and utopia are not compatible. |
| Supervisor | Kontler; Laszlo |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/onofriichuk_tetiana.pdf |
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