social and economic troubles hampering its inhabitants has been done away with.

Instead the state is there to serve the people and ensure the peacefulness and

happiness of everyone. The word utopia, which means "no place" in Greek, was

first used to mean a perfect society in 1516 in the publication of Saint Thomas

More's story "Utopia". The story depicted life as it was with its people and

social institutions on an imaginary island. More's Utopia gained critical

acclaim and a wide audience. The term was subsequently used by all prominent

social thinkers and visionaries to define other concepts of this kind.

During the 19th century many attempts were made to actually establish

communities which followed the beliefs of a utopian society. Most were

experiments in utopian socialism. Although they differed considerably in their

specific views, most of them agreed that ideal societies could be created

without much difficulty. They felt all that was needed was to have the

formation of a few small, cooperative communities made up of their followers.

The comte de Saint-Simon regarded technological progress and large scale

In more modern times, utopianism has more frequently been used to

would wish it were. Being a man in this world of ours, I have my wishes too.

Rioting broke out and several strikers were killed. It wasn't until July 10th

literature with stories such as a way to expose modern societies social ills.

condemning others. I will merely try to give a brief over view of what they

way that they wanted to live their lives. The inhabitants disagreed with the

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