500 Years of Utopia

On its 500th anniversary, a look back at Thomas More's Utopia, originally published in 1516.

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Two title-page images from early editions of Utopia.

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How has the text been used, interpreted, misunderstood, or canonized over half a millennium—and what does "utopia" mean for cities today?

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2016 marks the 500-year anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia, a text where urban + architectural speculation meet economic + moral reform.