Review article
https://doi.org/10.21464/mo41.221.2339
The Happy Town – The Applicability of Petrić’s Concept of Eutopia in the Modern Context
Ana Jerković
orcid.org/0000-0001-5869-340X
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Croatia
Abstract
Frane Petrić’s The Happy Town (Sretni grad) is unquestionably one of many historic attempts at conceptualising a perfect place for the life and well-being of humans. This Renaissance philosopher, following Aristotle, outlined the location, social structure, educational model, and other elements of a polis that he believed would solve the shortcomings of the cities and states of his time. To what extent does his picture of the ideal city fit into today’s modern context? Which ideas could and should function, and which are marked by the spirit and limitations of his time? Consequently, what universal values still have the same worth and necessity as they did hundreds of years ago?
Keywords
Franciscus Patricius (Frane Petrić); The Happy Town; utopia; ideal state; modernity; universality
Hrčak ID:
154868
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Publication date:
17.2.2016.
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