In The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella, in his poetic dialogue between a
Grandmaster and a Captain, the Captain mentions how in this city, that he came across, both arts
and science are very important to the society. This made me realized that this is a Utopia society,
because in a Utopia society theirs time to cultivate art and science. At first when the captain was
describing the city that was upon a hill, it seems too surreal, but as the dialogue continued and it
described the culture and their way of life, it became more relatable to some societies and
cultures we see today. The Captain described that the city of the sun had four rulers, but that
Metaphysic was the main ruler whom the other three agree
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At first the
reading made me believe that this society may have been happy, because it is very organized,
stand for peace, love and knowledge, but then I realized these people didn’t really have a say in
what they wanted to contribute to the society. The people in the society either follow their duties,
morals and obligations, if not they will be looked at with shame and will be judged, they will be
an outcast to the society. There was thing I liked from the society like learning from there
surroundings, their elder and the love for art. Also that they couldn’t work long hours,
even though as I kept reading to me the investment of their time that they had to put into the
society ways, culture and routine was already a job they had to do every day and that may have
been tiring.
In early utopia like this poetic dialog, knowledge is very significant and important to this
society as the captain mentions, the society depends on knowledge, wisdom and being wise.
Even though the society didn’t have any books, but only one which is called wisdom,
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Another thing I noticed from the dialog is, that he kind of switch the rolls between
women and men when it came to occupation like gathering fruit and sowing this is mostly done
by women in most culture, while women had to milk cow and make cheese which in many others
culture is mostly done by men. Another thing the author mention through the captain is how
women are supposed to take care of the girl if their child is a girl and if it a boy the mother has
to give him to the father because of the roles in the society. It seemed unfair why can’t the boy
learn thing from the mother, as the girl can learn from the father, this is where I saw division in
males and females, not being equal to each other.
This society may seem all happy, spiritual and a great place to live in, but nothings is
ever perfect somethings that are mention just come out cold and harsh to me, like not socializing
at dinner or when having a meal, someone just reading while everyone else eats. No feeling
... and men of the community would freely pick their jobs without being demanded. Both women and men received an evenly amount of hours. Most of the time the women would be taking care of household chores and the children while the men produced crops and did most of the farming. At one point a man named Lewis Ryckman, suggested a business of shoemaking which successful.
their emotions in some way. So, they put it into art which soon grew famous for years.
...nce our perceptions on reality and the concept of a utopian society. The connection between our own society and elements of the novel enable readers to recognize that although a literal utopian society is not possible, the closest we can come to perfection is to find a balance between what is and what we can imagine.
gain respect but the process of just trying to stay alive hindered them from doing so.
morals which is receiving enlightenment in first hand. But they had different ways of delivery
hardships and or social barriers. It was not uncommon back then as it is not
They also had prior income to support themselves even if they had no beneficial skills. I think that they would also have more friends and people that could teach them skills
shared the same beliefs as everyone else, but they had to perform the dirty work
Henrik Ibsen once said, “A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.”(Notable Quotes) Ibsen’s statement exemplifies what life was like for women during ancient times. In many of the organized ancient civilizations, it was very common to find a primarily patriarchal civilization in government as well as in society. The causing factors can be attributed to different reasons, the main being the Neolithic Revolution and the new found dependence on manpower it caused. As a result of this, a woman found herself to be placed into an entirely different view in the eye of society. In comparison to the early Paleolithic matriarchal societies, the kinds of changes that came about for women due to the introduction of agriculture are shocking. Since the beginnings of the Neolithic era, the role and rights of women in many ancient civilizations began to become limited and discriminatory as a result of their gender.
This book serves to teach readers about the varieties of cultures, social
Based on history and socially constructed gender roles, women are inferior to males in their private lives. Gender roles include; women clean, cook, take care of the kids, do the house chores, while men work, pay for everything, and expect to be taken care of by their woman. Hughes, Krahn and Lowe (2011) argue that a woman 's domestic responsibilities, along with raising children, limit the woman 's availability for paid work, which leaves the woman financially dependent. They continue to explain consequences, including a "double day" of paid and unpaid work. (p. 179). Women who work a double day would work during the day and then as described by Hughes, Krahn and Lowe (2011) "some women return home to cook, clean, shop and look after their children" (p. 180). If you think to around the times of agriculture, the gender roles for that period would require males, harvesting crops, planting the seeds, basically doing the farm work. Women, on the other hand, looked after all of the domestic duties including; caring for children, tending livestock, making clothes, keeping the home clean, etc. (Krahn, Lowe and Hughes, 2011. pp. 170-171). Back then, that was the woman 's full-time job, be a parent, a wife and keep the home in order. However, even today women are still expected to take care of the home, but now they are also expected to work full time. McRae (2003) suggests that, to understand the choices various women make for
moral duty and obligations. Such as employee theft and fraud, dishonesty like Bernard Ebbers a
Before taking this class, I often thought that our advanced society was the standard in which to measure all other societies from, but after reviewing the material in this course, it is impossible to make such a comparison. Many of the people in a culture similar to the U.S. would probably find most of the cultures we have studied to be “slow”, strange, or undesirable. In fact, it seems that many of the societies actually prefer to live the way they do and accept it as normal. “Normal” is a relative term, and it is difficult to establish evidence to label a culture or its characteristics abnormal. What may seem to work here often would be disastrous to other cultures.
6) Integrity- Do what is right at all times, even when no one is watching.
however, differ considerably. The goal of Utopia is to illustrate the maintenance of an “ideal”