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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 island. More's Utopia gained critical
acclaim and a wide audience. The term was subsequently used by all prominent
social thinkers and visionaries to define other concepts of this kind.
During the 19th century many attempts were made to actually establish
communities which followed the beliefs of a utopian society. Most were
experiments in utopian socialism. Although they differed considerably in their
specific views, most of them agreed that ideal societies could be created......

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