Utopian Community
According to Webster’s Dictionary, a utopia is defined as “a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions.” For years, many people have attempted to create Utopian communities across the world. Some were founded with faith-based ideas, including the Mormon and monastic communities. Others were simply founded around similar beliefs and goals among the people within the community. Utopias search for peace in a communal living situation, attempting to solve a key issue or problem. The physical structure of some Utopias are a major part of the community. From studying many of these historical Utopias, an idea for another Utopia may be formed. This idea for a utopian community will be founded on a variety
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This idea bled over into many different communities, once again, the Shakers being a prime example. The leadership in the Shaker community was completely equal when it came to gender. There was one male leader and one female leader for religious concerns, and there was also one male leader and one female leader over each family.
Lastly, religious freedom is a core belief of this utopia. Since many historical communities were based off of a prime religion, there are few historical examples to follow. One slight example would be Theosophy. The motto in the Point Loma community was “There is no religion higher than truth.” This encouraged its members to seek out truth, without discrimination of …show more content…
The community would be centered on factories and workplaces for the people. Here, members of the society would work on technological advancements for the society and outside world. Outside the industrial part of the community, there would be shops for trade and everyday goods. If one didn’t work as a technological engineer, they would work at trades or on farms or simply owning stores for others to buy their average goods. Outside of the business area, there would be a multitude of small communities. Each community would contain many family houses, a religious center, a school, and some sort of recreational area. Just outside of this area would be farms for food. No one would live on this land, but many citizens of the community would work here, providing the necessary foods for the
This idea bled over into many different communities, once again, the Shakers being a prime example. The leadership in the Shaker community was completely equal when it came to gender. There was one male leader and one female leader for religious concerns, and there was also one male leader and one female leader over each family.
Lastly, religious freedom is a core belief of this utopia. Since many historical communities were based off of a prime religion, there are few historical examples to follow. One slight example would be Theosophy. The motto in the Point Loma community was “There is no religion higher than truth.” This encouraged its members to seek out truth, without discrimination of …show more content…
The community would be centered on factories and workplaces for the people. Here, members of the society would work on technological advancements for the society and outside world. Outside the industrial part of the community, there would be shops for trade and everyday goods. If one didn’t work as a technological engineer, they would work at trades or on farms or simply owning stores for others to buy their average goods. Outside of the business area, there would be a multitude of small communities. Each community would contain many family houses, a religious center, a school, and some sort of recreational area. Just outside of this area would be farms for food. No one would live on this land, but many citizens of the community would work here, providing the necessary foods for the