Was (wer) ist utopian - definition
![Phillip Medhurst]] Collection](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Apocalypse 38. A new heaven and new earth. Revelation cap 21. Mortier's Bible. Phillip Medhurst Collection.jpg?width=200 "Phillip Medhurst]] Collection")
![Utopian flying machines, France, 1890–1900 (chromolithograph [[trading card]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Early flight 02561u (2).jpg?width=200 "Utopian flying machines, France, 1890–1900 (chromolithograph [[trading card]])")
![Ecotopia 1990]]. Yoga class](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ecotopia 1990 yoga teacher.jpg?width=200 "Ecotopia 1990]]. Yoga class")
![''The Earthly Paradise – [[Garden of Eden]]'', the left panel from [[Hieronymus Bosch]]'s ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights - The Earthly Paradise (Garden of Eden).jpg?width=200 "''The Earthly Paradise – [[Garden of Eden]]'', the left panel from [[Hieronymus Bosch]]'s ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]''")
![[[New Harmony, Indiana]], a Utopian attempt, depicted as proposed by [[Robert Owen]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/New Harmony, Indiana, por F. Bates.jpg?width=200 "[[New Harmony, Indiana]], a Utopian attempt, depicted as proposed by [[Robert Owen]]")
![Finnish]] utopian settlement in [[British Columbia]], Canada](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sointula, British Columbia (08).jpg?width=200 "Finnish]] utopian settlement in [[British Columbia]], Canada")
.jpg?width=200 "This is the woodcut for Utopia's map as it appears in Thomas More's Utopia printed by Dirk Martens in December 1516 (the first edition).")
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A utopia ( yoo-TOH-pee-ə) typically describes an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its members. It was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the New World. However, it may also denote an intentional community. In common parlance, the word or its adjectival form may be used synonymously with "impossible", "far-fetched" or "deluded".
Hypothetical utopias focus on—amongst other things—equality, in such categories as economics, government and justice, with the method and structure of proposed implementation varying based on ideology. 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:
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, 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.
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.
