Theory
Utopia
Explore in the Atlas →The imagined ideal society and its spatial organisation as a method of social critique.
Fantasy
Details
- Introduced
- 1510s
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- associated with Ruth Levitas
Referenced by
- Utopia articulates
- The Concept of Utopia articulates
- Ruth Levitas proposed
- Thomas More proposed
- L'Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l'art, des mœurs et de la législation articulates
- Cenotaph for Isaac Newton articulates
- Negative / Critical Utopia opposes
Sources
- Thomas More. Utopia (Libellus vere aureus... de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia). Dirk Martens (Leuven), 1516.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Utopia." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/utopia/. Accessed July 17, 2026.