I'm doing a research paper and unable to find any information of anyone speaking of the impossibilities to achieve a utopian state.
Has anyone [author, historian] spoken of how achieving a utopian state is impossible?
2007-06-03 09:08:22 · 3 answers · asked by a. 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Two of the most famous anti-utopian novels, which describe the horrors attending attempts to achieve a utopian state, are Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) and 1984 (George Orwell). You should certainly include those.
Here's a list that includes several others as well - http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/utopia/dyslit.html
2007-06-03 12:26:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should know that Utopia was written by Sir Thomas More, who was chancellor during the reign of Henry VIII (until he disagreed with the Divorce, and got his head cut off!) Check out Roland Barthes and Ryan McMaken, but first make sure you clarify what "utopian state" means to YOU. One person's utopia can be another person's hell. Good luck!
2007-06-03 18:07:05 · answer #2 · answered by cjvw622 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas More wrote a book called Utopia, I think.
2007-06-07 13:18:26 · answer #3 · answered by exhaustedtraveler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋