2007-05-30 14:49:07 · 10 answers · asked by Erica K 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Utopia is the title of a Latin book by Thomas More (circa 1516).
More depicts a rationally organised society, through the narration of an explorer, Raphael Hythlodaeus. Utopia is a republic which holds all property in common. It has no lawyers, and rarely sends its citizens to war, but hires mercenaries from among its warprone neighbours. Possibly More, a religious layman who once considered joining the Church, was inspired by the monachal rule when he describes the working of his society. It was an inspiration for the Reducciones established by the Jesuits to Christianize and civilize the Guaranis.
The title has since been used as a generic word to describe both works of fiction in which the author's theories of a better way to organise society are dramatised, and actual communities founded in attempts to put such theories into practice.
The word "utopia" is intended by More to suggest two Greek neologisms simultaneously: outopia (noplace) and eutopia (goodplace).
The utopia can be idealistic or practical, but the term has acquired a strong connotation of optimistic, idealistic, impossible perfection. The utopia may be usefully contrasted with the undesirable dystopia (anti-utopia, pseudo-utopia) and the satirical utopia.
2007-05-30 14:53:41 · answer #1 · answered by danpakz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Utopia is from the greek "place that does not exist". It was depicted as an imaginary island by Sir Thomas more which consists of a perfect social , legal and political system. It has also been used to describe ones own ideal of a perfect comunity. It is the opposite of a dystopia.
2007-05-30 21:57:00 · answer #2 · answered by keffer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A utopia is defined as "paradise." Perfect harmony with other people, the environment and the world around which you live. Obviously far from how we live today, which is why it is described mostly in science fiction and fantasy novels.
2007-05-30 21:55:09 · answer #3 · answered by Lief Tanner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a utopia is a controled society if you want to learn more about them read The Giver
2007-05-30 21:51:53 · answer #4 · answered by ~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Democrate heaven.
2007-05-31 13:00:01 · answer #5 · answered by Steel Rain 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a perfect world. That is a fact!
2007-05-30 21:51:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a perfect society
2007-05-30 21:52:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an ideal place...usually island
2007-05-30 21:51:59 · answer #8 · answered by angie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not a store!
it is a "perfect world" (communism, etc.)
2007-05-30 21:52:07 · answer #9 · answered by Waddup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a store
2007-05-30 21:50:59 · answer #10 · answered by cat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋