Utopia

Utopian socialism is the belief that social ownership of something that is useful to a group of people can be achieved by voluntary and peaceful surrender of the rights of the ownership of the resource by the groups owning them (Taylor, 1982). The name Utopia was used by Thomas More to describe a society where…

What makes a utopia problematic, and which utopias could most easily be associated with that characteristic? Answering that question is a complicated process, and there are many possible conclusions that could be formed. However, I find that a utopian novel becomes problematic when it does not effectively achieve the goals it desires to attain. By…

In the passage Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, More uses characters to speak about this fantasy world that he tries to pass off as a real place, in order to express his feelings about how his country of England is running. In the story, Thomas More creates this main character, also by the name of…

The term Utopia represents an ideal state for society however, Utopia is impossible to achieve because a perfect world does not exist. The same term Utopia was coined from the Greek by Sir Thomas More from his book Utopia which describes a fictional island society. The word Utopia comes from the Greek: ou (not) and…

Thomas Mores, Utopia is one of the most politically and socially influential texts to date. His audience, which ranges from academic and social scholars to college students, all can gain a different understanding of the work and its meaning. In order to fully comprehend Mores message, one must have an appreciation for the time and…

Utopias are generally said to be societies in which the political,social and economic troubles hampering its inhabitants has been done away with. Instead the state is there to serve the people and ensure the peacefulness andhappiness of everyone. The word utopia, which means “no place” in Greek, wasfirst used to mean a perfect society in…

Thomas More’s UtopiaThomas More’s use of dialogue in “Utopia” is not only practicalbut masterly layed out as well. The text itself is divided into two parts. Thefirst , called “Book One”, describes the English society of the fifteenthcentury with such perfection that it shows many complex sides of theinterpretted structure with such clarity and form…

The world is in turmoil. Wars are fought solely for economic gain, children areshooting their fellow classmates, people are starving, and people are dying. Butwhy is this happening? Why do these things have to happen? Well, they don’thave to happen. This is all a result of corrupt governments caring for nothingbut money. These governments are…

The quest for the ideal metropolis: from the 60’s Utopia to the modern eco-city. Abstraction: On an attempt to supply an reply to inquiry related to the sustainability of the new proposed eco-cities, this survey starts with a general treatment on the disfunctions and the environmental impact of the modern-day metropoliss. The construct of an…

“Two ways of exercising power over men, of controlling their relations, of separating out their dangerous mixtures. The plague stricken town, transversed throughout with hierarchy, surveillance, observation, writing; the town immobilized by the functioning of an extensive power that bears in a distinct way over all individual bodies-this is the utopia of the perfectly governed…