Utopia

A '''utopia''' ({{IPAc-en|j|uː|ˈ|t|oʊ|p|i|ə|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Utopia.wav}} {{respell|yoo|TOH|pee|ə}}) typically describes an imagined [[community]] or [[society]] that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members. It was coined by [[Sir Thomas More]] for his 1516 book ''[[Utopia (book)|Utopia]]'', which describes a [[fictional island]] society in the [[New World]]<!-- Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America -->.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sargent |first1=Lyman Tower |title=Utopianism |journal=[[Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]] |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9780415249126-S064-1|isbn=978-0-415-25069-6 }}</ref>

A '''utopia''' ({{IPAc-en|j|uː|ˈ|t|oʊ|p|i|ə|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Utopia.wav}} {{respell|yoo|TOH|pee|ə}}) typically describes an imagined [[community]] or [[society]] that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members. It was coined by [[Sir Thomas More]] for his 1516 book ''[[Utopia (book)|Utopia]]'', which describes a [[fictional island]] society in the [[New World]]<!-- Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America -->.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sargent |first1=Lyman Tower |title=Utopianism |journal=[[Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]] |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9780415249126-S064-1|isbn=978-0-415-25069-6 }}</ref>

Hypothetical utopias focus on, among other things, equality in categories such as [[economics]], [[government]] and [[justice]], with the method and structure of proposed implementation varying according to ideology.<ref name="Giroux, H. 2003. pp.91-105">{{cite journal |author=Giroux, H. |year=2003 |title=Utopian thinking under the sign of neoliberalism: Towards a critical pedagogy of educated hope |journal=Democracy & Nature |volume=9 |issue=1|pages=91–105|doi=10.1080/1085566032000074968 }}</ref> [[Lyman Tower Sargent]] argues that the nature of a utopia is inherently contradictory because societies are not [[homogeneous]] and have desires which conflict and therefore cannot simultaneously be satisfied. To quote:

Hypothetical utopias and actually-existing utopian [[intentional communities]] focus on, among other things, equality in categories such as [[economics]], [[government]] and [[justice]], with the method and structure of proposed implementation varying according to ideology.<ref name="Giroux, H. 2003. pp.91-105">{{cite journal |author=Giroux, H. |year=2003 |title=Utopian thinking under the sign of neoliberalism: Towards a critical pedagogy of educated hope |journal=Democracy & Nature |volume=9 |issue=1|pages=91–105|doi=10.1080/1085566032000074968 }}</ref> [[Lyman Tower Sargent]] argues that the nature of a utopia is inherently contradictory because societies are not [[homogeneous]] and have desires which conflict and therefore cannot simultaneously be satisfied. To quote:

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|text=There are socialist, capitalist, monarchical, democratic, anarchist, ecological, feminist, patriarchal, egalitarian, hierarchical, racist, left-wing, right-wing, reformist, free love, nuclear family, extended family, gay, lesbian and many more utopias [ [[Naturism]], [[Naturist Christians|Nude Christians]], ...] Utopianism, some argue, is essential for the improvement of the human condition. But if used wrongly, it becomes dangerous. Utopia has an inherent contradictory nature here.

|text=There are socialist, capitalist, monarchical, democratic, anarchist, ecological, feminist, patriarchal, egalitarian, hierarchical, racist, left-wing, right-wing, reformist, free love, nuclear family, extended family, gay, lesbian and many more utopias [ [[Naturism]], [[Naturist Christians|Nude Christians]], ...] Utopianism, some argue, is essential for the improvement of the human condition. But if used wrongly, it becomes dangerous. Utopia has an inherent contradictory nature here.