UTOPIAN IDEOLOGY

Discuss the evolution of Socialist thought from a Utopian Ideology to A Revolutionary Movement

Discuss the evolution of Socialist thought from a Utopian Ideology to A Revolutionary Movement

The Italian Tommaso Campanella combined revolutionary action and scholarly writing on behalf of his utopian vision. He took part in the south Italian revolt of 1599, for which he wound up in the hands of the Inquisition. Resisting the cynical atheism of the Machiavellians (who valued religion only insofar as it was politically useful and who repudiated binding ethical norms for the prince), Campanella promoted his vision of a global republic of the ...