More's Humanist Utopia
Summary :
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Utopia and the Christian tradition.
- More's communism.
- Jonathan Swift and more.
- Irony and modern Utopias.
- Conclusions.
Abstract
Within the narrative, the Utopians undergo a shock of recognition when the little expedition of Europeans lead to the introduction of Christianity and then modern technology. A utopia is by definition an ideal society and therefore does not need to change. In fact, by the strictest standards of logic, such a state cannot change, because it represents perfection - to change was not only introduce imperfection, it would betray a previously latent imperfection that allowed for the change. Paradoxically, no utopia can be perfected, because such a society--whether an imagined speculation or an existent state--must have been created by a fallible, limited human being
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