“Utopian Societies” By: Steven Davis and Michael German New Harmony was one of the first utopian communities established in the Antebellum Era. This community was founded by Johann Georg Rapp. He was also the spiritual leader of this historical community. Two years later A Scottish industrialist bought New Harmony by Robert Owen. He came to America looking to start a utopian society. Robert Owen formed a secular utopian society at New Harmony and it failed. His vision of the utopian society was
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A utopian society that requires uniformity defies human nature by repressing the individual. Man is born alone‚ man dies alone‚ and the individual man faces decisions in life alone. No two humans are the same thus‚ no society can become one of perfect uniformity; if it refuses to accept this individuality. Man is an individual born with human nature to reason‚ inquire‚ and desire. In a utopian society‚ the individual is repressed to the extent in which man lives ignorantly. The individual has the
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Samantha Brimhall Mrs. Rhoden English 8 October 2012 Utopian Society A utopian society is an ideal community or society that possesses a desirable perfection. Although it is only an attempt to be ideally perfect. The characteristics of a utopia can portray one’s dystopia or nightmare. That is what leads to the question: do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few? This question determines whether the world or society is a utopia or a dystopia. Unquestionably the needs of
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nature of humans. The Utopian society has very specific order to make the way it runs very efficiently. More specifically occupations‚ travel and social relations are highly controlled which leaves a very small window for deviation from the accepted norm. Under these circumstances‚ it is possible to have a functioning society‚ however‚ this show of a rigid society does not leave space for anyone who wishes to choose an alternate path of some sort. Compared to today’s society‚ Utopia has only what
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Fahrenheit vs. Handmaid Utopian societies are in constant struggle to find perfection in everyday life. In Fahrenheit 451 and The Handmaid’s Tale‚ each protagonist is struggling with fitting into these boundaries of perfection. When inquisitive minds emerge in a society that strives to be so pure‚ it can become dangerous not only physically but also emotionally. Although these societies strive for a utopia thinking that it will allow them to reach perfection‚ it in fact ends in hypocrisy. Hypocrisy
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In order to create a hypothetical utopian society‚ Aldous Huxley projects the future progression of technology and bases the direction of his novel Brave New World on those predictions. He shows how social standards and beliefs can be changed‚ and how a few upgrades over a few decades can cause society to be nearly unrecognizable‚ vastly dissimilar‚ and frankly quite strange from an outside perspective. Huxley predicts that technological advances can lead to views on birth‚ sex‚ and relationships
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religion teaches their people to live in harmony‚ only with their religious people. But education teaches every student to live in harmony along with every people without racism. Religion encourages the social race where education expels the religion and their racism. Even the scholar persons such as Socrates‚ Aristotle and Plato urged their students to live in harmony with their society. So they preferred educational system in order to promote social harmony. Only some of the students have the
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In an ideal utopian world‚ there would be no hatred‚ segregation‚ or conflict. People would respect one another. People would accept one another. Every person would have equally opportunities and freedoms. For these reasons‚ today’s society is far from utopia. Since the dawn of civilization‚ there has been extensive conflict between groups of people. In order for society to become closer to an optimal world‚ everyone will need to learn to coexist no matter race‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ or religion.
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asked if they would like to live in a utopian society would say no. The odd thing is that the definition of what utopia actually is can be highly debatable. The term itself was coined by Thomas More. The word Utopia came from the word eutopia which means good place and the word eutopia which means no place. So‚ essentially More wanted to describe a place that was good but did not exist. There are many different solutions or ideas for creating utopian societies. Large scale ideas do not seem to
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Social problems require utopian analysis. We must resolve the dispute into its underlying ideals‚ and their consequences. If a solution can be found‚ it will be a "utopian" change to the laws‚ institutions‚ or traditions of that community. "Utopian" does not mean "impossible‚" or "unrealistic‚" or "planned;" it just means "deliberate." Utopians want to improve society with a deliberate and conscious change. A society is utopian if some parts of it have been consciously created according to true ideals
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