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
- Thomas More proposed
- Ruth Levitas proposed
- Negative / Critical Utopia opposes
- Cenotaph for Isaac Newton articulates
- L'Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l'art, des mœurs et de la législation articulates
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 September 1, 2026.