![]() It distanced the Erasmian humanists from concrete public activity and, as such, clashed with their commitment to the ideal of an active life. ![]() At the same time, however, the very notion of the universal intellectual presented a problem for the discourse of Erasmian humanism itself. The identity of the autonomous intellectual enabled the Erasmian humanists to criticize established customs and institutions and to elaborate a reform program for Christendom. Focusing on the writings of Erasmus and Thomas More, Hanan Yoran argues that, in contrast to other groups of humanists, Erasmus and the circle gathered around him generated the social space the Erasmian Republic of Letters that allowed them a considerable measure of independence. ![]() Between Utopia and Dystopia is a study of the movement that created the identity of the universal intellectual: Erasmian humanism. ![]() The figure of the intellectual looms large in modern history, and yet his or her social place has always been full of ambiguity and ironies. ![]()
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