He creates a vision for a utopian society, in his book The Republic. ... Essentially what Plato wants to achieve is a perfect society where everything will function in a perfect way and in which everyone will be happy. ... They are supposed to be the selected few who know what is best for society. ... Plato chose to tell the reader of his Republic how men would act and what their attitudes would be in a perfect society. ... Neither Plato nor Aristotle thought it to be necessary to distinguish between the state and society and therefore it is difficult to say what polis is. ...

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Postmodernist take any statement or subject and pull it apart to try and figure out what they think the true meaning is. They also tend to pull things apart and say that they have more than one meaning as opposed to what is stated. ... The grand narrative is the idea that capitalism will collapse in on itself and a utopian socialist world will be created. ... In the postmodern society, knowledge becomes functional. ... These people declare that what is out there is only what we put out there. ...

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The zombie renaissance creates vulnerability in our society that serves as a powerful metaphor for social anxiety. ... (1) Romero expresses his view that society itself will inevitably fail because humans can only consume. ... These constructions fail to create a true society for these three survivors to provide themselves with a new identity and life. ... He, more than Stephen and Fran, visions the mall as a utopian paradise and has no desire to change anything. ... What is the government testing and hiding from us? ...

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