In the 19th century, British sealers and Maori warriors from New Zealand discovered the islands. The sealers decimated the colonies of the animals and introduced devastating diseases to which the Moriori had no immunity.
Then the Maori staged a violent takeover of the islands , slaughtering or enslaving the remaining Moriori. The Moriori refused to give up their pacifist ideals to fight against the invaders. While this history suggests pacifism is only going to get you killed or enslaved, the Moriori who survive today believe otherwise.
They maintain that their pacifism meant that they lived in a peaceful society for five centuries. By , their small capital city on the lagoon is home to a peace school that expounds the virtues of pacifism to the rest of the world. The cacophonous roar of their seven columns could be heard many kilometres away and, for many years, the falls were a major attraction. In , however, the Brazilian military government blew away the rocks over which the water fell, to create a reservoir for a dam.
Many Paraguayans mourned the passing of their much-loved falls. By , though, both the falls and the city have re-emerged in splendid style. The dam has collapsed through neglect and local people have regained control of their land. They set about rehabilitating the falls as best they can, turning their home into a scenic eco-city that attracts tourists once again.
After a nuclear meltdown just out of town, a vast radioactive cloud sweeps over future Tokyo. Everyone must be evacuated. Everything these families eat and drink must be produced and recycled within these homes. In practice, things quickly fell apart. Drugs and crime are still a problem in Christiania, but the commune continues to thrive. The neighborhood today runs on tourism dollars from shops, restaurants and local events. Houses are beautifully painted and the entrance to the neighborhood takes visitors through a sculpture park made from reclaimed and recycled items.
This town may be a fortress, but Palmanova was also created to be a utopia by the superintendents of the Republin of Venice—a self-sustaining community where everyone was equal and had a purpose, in a city that also just happened to be a death machine.
It was built in to protect the Venetian Empire from invasions by the Austrian and Turkish militaries. The fortress is a nine-pointed star with three rings expanding out from a hexagonal center. It was a geometrically perfect city, but alas, no one wanted to live there. So instead, the military stayed and in , a large number of pardoned prisoners moved in to government-deeded properties—though it's unsure if they lived by the utopian ideals the city was founded on.
Now, the soldiers and prisoners have moved out of Palmanova, and the residents Italy tried so desperately to attract have officially entered. About 5, people live inside the walls. In , a group of Finnish settlers moved from Finland to Brazil, founding the colony of Penedo under the tutelage of pastor Toivo Uuskallio, who was convinced god wanted him to start a Finnish utopia in the tropics.
According to the community rules, everyone was vegan, no one smoked or drank, and everyone worked together on a farm with no income. Tourism took over shortly after Penedo began to fall apart, and now the area is known as a Finnish enclave in Brazil.
Even Santa has a house in the town, where he will welcome guests all year. Jennifer Billock is an award-winning writer, bestselling author, and editor. She is currently dreaming of an around-the-world trip with her Boston terrier. Scientific utopias pertain to the idea of perfection in terms of living standards.
Means of attempting to achieve utopia through science include ideas that omit death and suffering from life or make the human condition perfect. Scientific and technological utopias are oftentimes connected. Technological utopian lifestyles would be those that replace human needs or functions with technology in such a way that humans have a higher quality of life.
An example of a technology utopia is Francis Bacon's New Atlantis. You have seen many different examples of utopia, so it's easy to imagine your own utopia by thinking of your idea of the perfect society or the perfect world. All rights reserved. What Is Utopia? History of Utopia So, where did utopia come from? Utopia Examples Examples of utopia, in various contexts, as represented through literature, art, popular culture, and other means include: The Garden of Eden, an aesthetically pleasing place in which there was "no knowledge of good and evil" Heaven, a religious supernatural place where God, angels and human souls live in harmony Shangri-La, in James Hilton's Lost Horizon, a mystical harmonious valley Tao Yuanming's The Peach Blossom Spring, which describes a beautiful secluded community not affected by the rest of the world Ellis's description in Specimens of Early English Poets of the Land of Cockaigne , a place where "houses were made of barley sugar and cakes, the streets were paved with pastry" The entire Golden A ge as described by Hesiod, a Greek poet The Federation in the Star Trek series The Capital in The Hunger Games series, a place of luxury and freedoms England in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World , a place with no wars or hunger but also no emotion.
Utopia Described: Features of Ideal Societies The term utopia was originally a description of a social environment and has manifested in many ways. Ecological Utopia In an ecological utopia, the society would work in harmony with the nature around them. Economic Utopia Utopian idealism took off after the 18th century. Religious Utopia Religious utopias exist in concept, both as intra-religious ideals as well as inter-religious.
Scientific Utopia Scientific utopias pertain to the idea of perfection in terms of living standards.
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