While traditional readings of Thomas More's Utopia have largely relied upon literal interpretations, and accordingly have emphasized the significance of Utopia as a model of the ideal society, this thesis endeavors to explore beyond the conventional or literal appearance of More's language to consider the possible meanings, intentions, and strategies underlying Utopia's elaborate discourse, concentrating specifically on the significance of More's use of humor and irony and his familiarity with the conventions of satiric fiction.

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martim Vasques da Cunha de Eca e Almeida.pdf: 2045988 bytes, checksum: f3491b41f6ba7b2c38e5f1b05d59afec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This Master Degree thesis, Thomas More and the religious crisis in humanist thinking: the utopian crossroads, studies the life and work of More between 1478 and 1516, expecting to show it is representative of the religious crisis which the whole European humanism was undergoing at that time. We surmise the book which depicts most clearly this crisis is Utopia (1516). In our analysis, we used several instrumental concepts developed by the philosophers Eric Voegelin, Leo Strauss, Michael Oakeshott and others, in order to examine in detail both the historical period indicated above and the Utopia, and conclude that most future tendencies of modernity were already indicated there / O objetivo da dissertação de mestrado Thomas More e a crise religiosa no pensamento humanista: o impasse da utopia é estudar a vida e a obra do grande pensador humanista entre os anos de 1478 e 1516, com a justificativa de que a sua análise mostrará de que ela é representativa da crise religiosa que ocorria no pensamento humanista europeu daquela época. Nossa hipótese é de que o livro que retrata essa crise é Utopia (1516). Para isso, abordaremos conceitos de filósofos como Eric Voegelin, Leo Strauss, Michael Oakenshott e outros, além de uma análise minuciosa do período histórico demarcado e do escrito Utopia, para chegar à conclusão de que ali já se encontravam as tendências futuras da modernidade

Dénonciation passionnée d'un capitalisme naissant, L'Utopie est aussi une critique radicale du communisme d'État, qui, si religieux qu'il se veuille, n'y subsiste que par la répression, au-dedans, et le cynisme, au dehors. L'Utopie regorge de tout ce que « socialisme » put jamais connoter de militantisme valable : d'un côté, de sages réformes; de l'autre, pour en grandir l'urgence, la menace brandie de l'inquiétante alternative: le communisme, remède pire que le mal. Dénonciation passionnée d'un capitalisme adulte, le socialisme de Tillich est également une critique radicale d'un socialisme a-religieux. Théologien de la culture, qui discerne le fonds religieux latent sous des formes anti-religieuses, Tillich trouve chez Marx des valeurs qu'il intègre à son socialisme religieux : à la lutte anti-capitaliste menée par le prolétaire, ce “combattant du royaume de Dieu”, il donne un but religieux, auquel s'adapteront les moyens. Théologien avant tout, Tillich motive en profondeur la phronêsis qu'un More versé en politique exerce en plénitude.