UTOPIA

A utopia 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 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.