Utopia = the IDEAL world for mankind ?

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According to the social philosopher Thomas More’s definition of the word “Utopia”, it literally means “nowhereville”(Morely), an imaginary community, which refers to that human have overcomes with the social conflict and hardship. 

To investigate the idea of utopia more deeply, I agree with how Maeterlink state that a utopia for mankind should be like in the publication “Utopia & Revolution: On the Origins of a Metaphor” by Melvin J. Lasky and Irving Louis Horowitz. “A world that is noblest, most courageous, most charitable, most devoted, most generous,” (Lasky, Horowitz. 7) peaceful and equal in every aspects of society, such as government, politics, gender and religion. This ideal world eliminates humans from pain, fear, war and hatred. 

On the other hand, the light cannot exist without the dark, just as happiness cannot exist without sadness. So, in the Utopian world, not only have we removed the negative parts of life, but also the positive parts. Ideal as the Utopian concept may sound, from the logical point of view, it seems to be a very emotionless place. There’s no more intimate connection and sense of kinship between human. So should utopia still be consider an ideal society that human should aim for?

 

Sources:

 Lasky, M. J. (2004). Utopia & Revolution: On the Origins of a Metaphor. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.

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Albert Fried and Ronald Sanders, ed., Socialist Thought: A Documentary History, New York: Columbia University Press, 1964), pp. 18-31.

Morelly. Code de la nature, Paris, 184.