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Utopias and Utopianism The word utopia was invented by Thomas More, who published his famous Utopia (in Latin) in 1516. More coupled the Greek words ou (no, or not) and topos (place) to invent a name that has since passed into nearly universal...

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Utopia and Utopian Ideals Introduction The idea of a perfect world can be uniquely individual. For some, it would be a society without war or violence. For others, it would be a world based on equality for all races, creeds, and genders. Still, others...

Utopia (from Greek: οὐ, "not", and τόπος, "place" as well as εὖ, "good" or "well", and τόπος ["good place"]—the double meaning was probably intended) is a fictional island near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean written about by Sir...

They're scattered all over Greater Boston. But you don't usually notice them. They've merged, over the decades, almost seamlessly into their surroundings. They're the model neighborhoods. Each was somebody's idea of Utopia: the once-and-for-all ideal American community. Each was carefully planned and designed...

On an early spring morning, Jim Somes talks about the thrill of catching stripers off his back deck at the edge of North Mill Pond in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Somes, an "almost retired" architect, could easily check in at his office. A few blocks...

"The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's sprawling tale of 19th-century Russian intellectuals, and "Spring Awakening," a pounding post-rock musical of teenage sexual anxiety, dominated the recently concluded Broadway season.And there's no reason to believe they won't do the same Sunday at the 2007 Tony Awards...

"The Coast of Utopia" was chosen best play of the New York theater season, and "Spring Awakening" was named best musical in awards given Sunday by the Drama Desk, an organization of theater journalists."Utopia," Tom Stoppard's epic look at 19th century Russian intellectuals, was the...

Hexter's essay, "Utopia and Its Historical Milieu" has been recognized since its publication as a groundbreaking contribution to More scholarship. The excerpt that follows presents Hexter's observations on Christian Humanism as the context for the Utopia; in the concluding section, "The Radicalism of Utopia," Hexter argues that More's vision transcended its time in its image of social equality.

In the following excerpt from their introduction to Utopian Thought in the Western World, the critics discuss several aspects of Utopian literature, including: Utopian literary forms, critical approaches to interpretation of Utopian literature, the influence of New World exploration and scientific discovery on Utopian thought, the cultural traditions that have influenced the western conception of utopia, and the characteristics of the Utopian writer.

In the following essay, Nydahl surveys the utopian vision expressed in American fictional works of the late eighteenth century.

Essay describes what steps need to taken to have a Utopic society as well as the advantages one would provide.

Utopias

Two views of utopian society in Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" and the Gary Ross film "Pleasantville." More's novel looked at the possibilities for societal perfection during a time of great political and economic change in 15th century England. In "Pleasantville," a great appreciation of present-day society is promoted by showing the social flaws of the sterotypically idyllic society of the 1950s.