Essays on Perfect Society

The theme of a ‘utopia’ – a place which is normally defined as the ideal state or place to live, is something which has captured the minds of writers and philosophers for centuries. The word ‘utopia’ itself is something of a word-play – in Greek, the word as sounded could mean either ευ-τοπος (good-place) or ου-τοπος (no-place), and the debate over which interpretation is correct is something which has lasted for almost as long as the concept of utopia itself! Plato’s Republic is a book which delineates in fine detail the republic that Plato has envisaged for his countrymen, detailing ...

In 1516 Thomas More published Utopia which described a perfect society situated on an unknown island. This book has become an embodiment of the perfect society from these times to the present. This book was not only a beginning of a new age in evaluating a prototype of the society, but also a new stage in literature. This book is still the most provocative and has a lot of opponents. As a proving example, The Guardian (‘Utopias, past and present: why Thomas More remains astonishingly radical’, 2015) reveals that this book is not a favorite one in Buckingham Palace. ...

St. John Crevecoeur was a writer of the French ascent, who came to America, and his experiences in the continent made him to develop an ideology of what a perfect society should be composed of, during times of war and times of peace (St, John 52). According to St. John Crevecoeur, a true American should be in a position to welcome new cultures, integrate the new cultures, in a way to enhance future prosperity (St, John 49). The two images named ‘preparing for market’ are used to illustrate families are going out to sell their produce, and the diversity ...

Segregation is something that has literally separated people throughout history and as the world moves towards a more global and diverse model, the spread of anti-segregation initiatives follow. In a country as developed as the United States of America, and one that has led the way in stifling racial tensions since the Civil Rights Movements of the 1970’s, it seems absurd to think that in today’s racially and ethnically diverse society that these are still problems with segregation. The fact is, not only does segregation exist around the world in less developed countries, but it is something ...

Humans since they began forming societies have concerned themselves with the thought and question of how we can perfect society into making it an ideal state. The word Utopia’s etymological roots go back to 1516 when Sir Thomas More used it in his book Utopia, which was a fictional work displaying an ideal society. George Orwell’s novel, Animals Farm, is a work that has a plot of animals attempting to develop a ideal society, but the work as a whole is dystopian, meaning it is making a case for the impossibility of an ideal or perfected society, since often time these societies forget ...