Utopia was interesting read for me, I enjoyed the imagery used to describe the society of Utopia. This book was publish around the time when Europe was engaged with Age of Discovery. Utopia wants to be the perfect society. Towards the end of Book 2, Pride is brought up. The Utopian society wouldn't fit in the European society, pride being the reason why.
Utopia to me sounds like the early makings of the ideological meaning of communism. Utopia is a classless society and common ownership, these are the terms that describe communism. I believe Marx and Lenin many have been influenced by Utopia and may used those ideals in their movements in the late 19th and early 20th century. Utopia was looked on as satire to the people in the Renaissance, but wouldn't be until later on that the meaning of Utopia and it's ideals would be important to Marx, Lenin, and other communist thinkers of that time. Thats what I got out of Utopia with a little historical perspective.
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