| − | '''Utopia''' is a fictional society considered perfect by its proponent, but whose implementation in reality is unrealistic. The term, [[Greek]] in origin, was first used by [[Thomas More]], for his 1516 eponymous book, which describes a fictional state whose laws and organization are purportedly ideal. However, More's intent was, at least in part, ironical, as some ambiguities in the text clearly show: the word "utopia" can mean both "good place" or "place that doesn't exist", and the narrator's last name, Hythlodaeus, literally means "purveyor of nonsense". One of its most distinctive qualities is that it has a very large government (some would call it a [[nanny state]]). | + | '''Utopia''' is a fictional society considered perfect by its proponent, but whose implementation in reality is unrealistic. The term, [[Greek]] in origin, was first used by [[Thomas More]], for his 1516 eponymous book, which describes a fictional state whose laws and organization are purportedly ideal. However, More's intent was, at least in part, ironical, as some ambiguities in the text clearly show: the word "utopia" can mean both "good place" or "place that doesn't exist", and the narrator's last name, Hythlodaeus, literally means "purveyor of nonsense". |