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Utopia (Latin: Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, [1] "A truly golden little book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in a state and about the new island Utopia") is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516.
He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, ... More wrote several books against the first edition of Tyndale's English translation of the New Testament. [50]
Ideology and Utopia (German: Ideologie und Utopia) is a 1929 book written by Karl Mannheim. [20] One of his main ideas regarding utopias is what he considers the "utopian mentality", which Mannheim describes in four ideal types: orgiastic chiliasm; liberal humanist utopias; the conservative idea; modern communism
The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia. Utopian and dystopian fiction has become a popular literary category. Despite being common parlance for something imaginary, utopianism inspired and was inspired by some reality-based fields and concepts such as architecture, file sharing, social networks, universal basic income, communes, open borders and even pirate bases.
A Modern Utopia (1905) by H. G. Wells – An imaginary, progressive utopia on a planetary scale in which the social and technological environment are in continuous improvement, a world state owns all land and power sources, positive compulsion and physical labor have been all but eliminated, general freedom is assured, and an open, voluntary ...
The word utopia was first used in direct context by Thomas More in his 1516 work Utopia. The word utopia resembles both the Greek words outopos ("no place"), and eutopos ("good place"). More's book, written in Latin, sets out a vision of an ideal society.
The term gained widespread usage following the publication of Thomas More's 1516 book Utopia. [2] Building upon the work of sociologist Ruth Levitas, [1] social psychologists have tested the functions of utopian thinking among people. [2] [3] Utopia is fundamentally a cultural and psychological concept, existing solely as symbols within people ...
Robinson's translation Utopia was originally published in 1551, with a second, revised, edition published in 1556. The book was published by Abraham Veal, at the sign of the Lamb in St. Paul's Churchyard, in 1551. The second edition appeared without the dedicatory letter.