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Ludovico Agostini’s 'Imaginary Republic'

Utopia in the Italian Renaissance

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Authors:
  1. Antonio Donato

    1. Queen College, City University of New York, Flushing, USA

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  • Provides the first English translation of Ludovico Agostini’s 'Imaginary Republic'
  • Presents a new understanding and comprehensive analysis of this important text
  • Broadens our understanding of European utopian traditions and their works

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Utopianism (PASU)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Antonio Donato
    Pages 1-7

  3. Ludovico Agostini’s Imaginary Republic and Italian Renaissance Utopianism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Searching for Italian Renaissance Utopias

      • Antonio Donato
      Pages 11-26

    3. Ludovico Agostini and His Time

      • Antonio Donato
      Pages 27-35

    4. The Imaginary Republic and Agostini’s Utopianism

      • Antonio Donato
      Pages 37-48

  4. Ludovico Agostini’s Imaginary Republic: Translation and Endnotes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. The Origin of Laws and Utopia

      • Antonio Donato
      Pages 51-89

    3. The Cardinal Virtues

      • Antonio Donato
      Pages 91-151

    4. The Imaginary Society I: The Health System

      • Antonio Donato
      Pages 153-193

    5. The Imaginary Society II: The Political System and the Military Organisation

      • Antonio Donato
      Pages 195-212

    6. The Imaginary Society III: The Economic System

      • Antonio Donato
      Pages 213-244

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 245-254
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About this book

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. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Queen College, City University of New York, Flushing, USA

    Antonio Donato

About the author

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).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ludovico Agostini’s 'Imaginary Republic'

  • Book Subtitle: Utopia in the Italian Renaissance

  • Authors: Antonio Donato

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Utopianism

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97016-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97015-4Published: 18 October 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97018-5Published: 18 October 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-97016-1Published: 17 October 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2946-4471

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-448X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 254

  • Topics: European History, Cultural History, History, general, History of Philosophy

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