Utopia has proven to have more relevance than the concepts addressed infamous ideologies such as communism and liberalism (heylighen pp 2). In the past, the concept of Utopia has faced criticism that suggested the ideas of Utopia are unrealistic. It has been argued that the Utopia failed to apply to important aspects of the society. Development in the study of human behavior such as in psychology has proven to have the ability to answer these complex social systems (More). The modern development has played a major role for revisiting the ideologies suggested by Utopia. Despite the fact that Utopia was disregarded in the past, its ideas have slowly started showing up in the modern social systems. Utopia is a manifesting in technology, …show more content…
Ancient societies were bold in rejecting the ideologies such as scientism, positivism, and rationalism (Kinna). The modern generations have embraced this three aspect and often demand more. It is evident that the utopian ideologies are real in the modern world with technology taking the center stage. Globalization has taken over the world, and the society has eliminated conservative traits, and now an invasive culture in the field of politics and other forms of social interaction are evident. The past ideologies in the fields of philosophy and politics had recorded failure, a factor the utopia was out to condemn. Some authors have argued that the failure of utopia in the past were as a result of oppression. Utopia had predicted that politics would take another turn and adopt creativeness and coexistence. The concept is evident in most of the nations where politics plays the main role in distribution and allocation of resources. The creativity is evident in both the communist societies as well as the capitalist states. Marx had earlier suggested that utopia had failed to address social issues, but the argument would not be considered when describing …show more content…
Utopia suggested that architectural designs should be able to communicate thus it can be applied in developing meaningful architectural designs. One of the main roles of utopia is to spark imagination in the social context. On the other hand, modern architectural designs must be able to take advantage of imagination and technology to develop exemplary designs. In a town setting, buildings must have an arrangement that can create a message in the social space. The setting of such structures should be able to create an impression of what people of a certain area think. It is technically a social manifestation through a physical appearance in space. This is one ideology of utopia that did not find a place in the past. However, modern day’s planners and architects tend to come up with communicative designs of buildings and roads. One can brand the modern day architects as decorators but truly, it is a manifestation of utopia in the modern architectural designing. Utopia puts in more emphasis on patterns and arrangement that will match with the social sphere of a particular region.
The concept of utopia can be considered as a paradox if viewed as a component in a whole or whole in a component of the social structures it attempts to express. More wrote the book to condemn ancient social structures and function, which technically paved the way for