UtopiaWhat we can learn from a Renaissance nowhere In 1516, a book was published in Latin with the enigmatic Greek derived word as its title. Utopiawhich could mean either "good place" or "no place"gives a traveler's account of a newly discovered island somewhere in the New World where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based purely on natural reason and justice. As the traveler describes the harmony, prosperity, and equality found there, a dramatic