Postmodern Utopias "A late twentieth century style and concept in architecture that represents a departure from modernism and it has a heart of general distrust of grand theories and ideologies as well as a problematical relationship with any notion of art‚" this is the Webster ’s definition of the word‚ postmodern. Then we have a utopia‚ which is "an imaginary place or state of things in which everything is perfect." Utopia is also‚ a definition by Webster. The idea of a postmodern utopia is as follows
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Marco Flores 9/24/12 Utopian Lifestyle Throughout much literature such as Candide‚ by Voltaire‚ a concept of a Utopia is introduced. In this book‚ the utopian society was represented by El Dorado. Here‚ no realistic world ideals were present‚ as they were completely satisfied with what they had. They did not pray to God for help or even were curious enough to venture off outside the premises of their city. Lack of curiosity‚ which is completely against the norm of human nature‚ was what made
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My Utopia Utopian society in my view is where people are their own individuals‚ but live in small communities‚ supporting their neighbors and not worried about the whole world. Utopia is where people take responsibilities for their actions and feel self-empowered. They don’t complain‚ don’t protest or agitate. If they don’t agree with something‚ they organize themselves and try to make a change through action and not just getting in a public place and scream their discontent for how things
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Comparing and Contrasting More’s Utopia with a Buddhist Utopia Nothing could be further apart than the society depicted by Thomas More and an ideal Buddhist society. That may be what is first conveyed to people when they consider these two vastly different societies in a comparative manner. The first indicator of these extreme differences is that the Buddhist utopia is very much a mental one‚ while More’s utopia is more so a place where things are just in their perfected state. That being
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Utopia Utopias are generally said to be societies in which the political‚ social and economic troubles hampering its inhabitants has been done away with. Instead the state is there to serve the people and ensure the peacefulness and happiness of everyone. The word utopia‚ which means "no place" in Greek‚ was first used to mean a perfect society in 1516 in the publication of Saint Thomas More’s story "Utopia". The story depicted life as it was with its people and social institutions on an imaginary
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Bad Place "They say‚ though‚ and one can actually see for oneself‚ that Utopia was originally not an island but a peninsula. However‚ it was conquered by somebody called Utopos‚ who gave it its present name- it use to be called Sansculottia- and was also responsible for transforming a pack of ignorant savages into what is now‚ perhaps the most civilized nation in the world" (More 50). This excerpt is from the book Utopia written by Thomas More. The author explains how he heard this from a man‚
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humans‚ we are expected to have a deep natural longing to better our overall quality of living. The seemingly natural condition‚ is that the grass is always greener in someone else’s pastures. No exception to this instinctive law is the description of Utopia‚ by Sir Thomas More. In his work‚ he describes a wondrous place‚ full of peaceful‚ benevolent people that coexist perfectly. A place where your labors will not go in vain‚ and your supplies will never diminish. For as Sir More states‚ “Every father
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Rule 1: Arguments are unacceptable‚ as a disagreement is as far as anything can go. Purpose 1: Arguments and fight cause physical and internal damage making a commotion‚ disturbing others and disrupting the reason of a utopia (where there is no good and bad life just is). So‚ because of this fights and anything that goes farther from a disagreement is unacceptable‚ for a disagreement is only allowed because it’s normal (for it only shows a matter of opinion). Rule 2: Any form of tardiness and rudeness
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English 4‚ Unit 2: Utopia and Dystopia Sir Thomas More’s Utopia Study Guide Directions: As you read‚ complete each question below. Type your answers in the appropriate spaces provided. 1. In Book I‚ who is the narrator? What point of view is this? 2. More and Giles strike up a conversation with someone. Who is this? What does he do? Why are they interested in him? 3. More and Giles believe Hythloday would make a great advisor to a king. Does Hythloday agree
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The Idea of Utopia and Dystopia in The Giver The word “utopia” has come to define our ideal of a perfect society in terms of law‚ government‚ and social and living conditions. The idea behind a utopian society is that everyone works together for common good of the society and the laws and government are meant to protect the people within the community from the evils of the human race. In many ways‚ these societies take on a communist belief that order is the way to achieve this perfect society
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