Utopia and Communism

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An Ideal Pursuit

The individual and society are intertwined . From the moment that an individual is born into this world , he becomes part of a complex organization that will attempt to shape him into its norms . Thus , the individual can be considered a reflection of his society as his whole consciousness was shaped by his exposure to society (Spirkin , A chap .5 . In this way , the individual is a barometer of society . However the reverse is also true . As the individual is exposed to society

, he develops his own thinking that makes him aware of the inner workings of society . It is in this frame of mind that the individual transcends from being a product to a producer in his society , attaining a sociological imagination or the ability to discern the relationship between social forces and the individual (Mills ,

.5 . It is in this state that the individual seeks to improve upon his present state and in the process contributes to the alleviation of society (Elder and Paul , HYPERLINK "http /www .criticalthinking .org " www .criticalthinking .org

Man in pursuit of the ideal is a common theme of human society . The creation of governments and laws , the belief in religion , the invention of technology and even the publication of self-help books is evidence of man 's want to rise above . History presents us with individuals who have attained a sociological imagination and tried to posit their concepts of the ideal . In the Republic , Plato forwards a...