Utopia
"Utopia" is a term that English statesman and author Thomas More coined in the early sixteenth century in his novel of the same name. It is derived from two Greek words:Eutopia (m...
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Utopia
UTOPIA. The term utopia (from the Greek ou-topos, "no place," or eutopos, "good place," and evidently coined as a pun by Thomas More for the title of his book publis...
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Utopianism
Overview
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Theory in Depth
Theory in Action
Analysis and Critical Response
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Overview
From the writings of ancient Greece to the mos...
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Utopian Analysis and Design
NOTE: Although the following article has not been revised for this edition of the Encyclopedia, the substantive coverage is currently appropriate. The editors have provided...
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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 ...
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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 equalit...
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INTRODUCTION
Sir Thomas More, son of Sir John More, a justice of
the King’s Bench, was born in 1478, in Milk
Street, in the city of London. After his earlier
education at St. Anthony&rsqu...
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Sir Thomas More is--in the phrase associated with him since the early sixteenth century--a man for all seasons. World renowned as the author of Utopia (1516), he wrote humanist, polemical, and spiritu...
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Sir Thomas More's place in the history of rhetoric and logic is secure for two reasons. First, he enacted the "new learning" of the studia humanitatis, translating and transforming ancient literature ...
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The life of the English humanist and statesman Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) exemplifies the political and spiritual upheaval of the Reformation. The author of "Utopia," he was beheaded for opposing the...
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Niccolo Machiavelli and Sir Thomas More wrote two different books concerning their idea of a perfect government. A state under the Machiavellian rule and a state organized like "Utopia" diffe...
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The Quest for Perfection Never Ceases
A utopia is "an ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects", as stated by Dictionary.com. This is true for all utopias, yet al...
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What is it about Thomas More's Utopia that makes it as accessible and relevant to a 21st century westernized Catholic teenage boy as it did to an 18th century middle aged Jewish women? Utopia, a text ...
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Philosophers in all ages have asked this question. Theories were born, debates stretch through the centuries. The argument still goes on and it is very unlikely that the question will ever be solved. ...
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The main concern of writers of anti-utopia narratives is the negative side of a utopian world. However, other particular concerns towards this topic may vary due to their era in which they writ...
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Growing up for Helen Keller was rather difficult due to her disability. She stayed strong and focused. Through experiences in her life, she knows that, "Although the world is very full of suffering,...
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The ideal Utopian society worked extremely well in Utopia, however, it would not work in America because of the population's mindset. In Utopia, the people were humble and accepted the rule of author...
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Sir Thomas More in 1516 first conceived utopia while he served as an ambassador For England on a party expedition to Flanders. In England his vocation was law and he held the position of Under-Sheriff...
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The Utopia that More creates in his famous satire is his mirror, as well as the mirror of his society. More puts forward many notions in Utopia, such as the Utopians belief in religious tolerance, the...
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Thomas More's Utopia is in many ways a very hopeful book; it implies that humans can be good if put in the right environment. Many people would argue that this could never happen; that the inequaliti...
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Sir Thomas More survives in many different sources including his own book, Utopia, Robert Bolt's play, A Man for all Seasons, and in the encyclopedias; each depicting a different perspective of More....
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The history of mankind is punctuated with epochs of change and awakening. One such period is the European Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. It was during this era that industrial...
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In order to create a utopian text, a person must adhere to the specific conventions designed specifically for this genre. There is a very fine line between utopia and anti-utopian text within the genr...
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The ideas of a perfect society in which all humans are blissfully happy, equal, prosperous and living simply and peacefully has always appealed to humans across many cultures in different historic per...
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Each person has their own personal view of utopia. Utopia is heaven on earth. It is the imagery in which people conjure up to counteract with the depressive or unhappiness in their lives. If lif...
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In Thomas Moore's "Utopia", he discusses how society treats the lower class. The upper/middle classes leave these less fortunate people little money, food, or shelter, and expect them to lead happy, c...
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Throughout Thomas More's Utopia, he is able to successfully able to criticize many of the political, social, and economic ways of the time. His critique of feudalism and capitalism would eventually ...
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Utopia Book Notes is a free study guide on Utopia by Thomas More. Browse the summary below:
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