PPT-Utopias and Dystopias

What is a Utopia A community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities Characteristics of Utopias Ecological Economic Political Religious Science and Technology. Dystopia A futurist ic ima ine universe in wh ich o ppressive societal co ntrol and the illusion of a p rfe t society are ma inta ined th rou h co rpora e bureau cratic techno logi cal m ral or tota lita ian contr l D st opi s thr ug h an e ag gerat 5 /2012 - 13 1 – Martyrs of Apartheid Chlo By . Aldous. Huxley. 2540 AD?. WHAT WILL THE WORLD BE LIKE IN. Published in 1932. Set in 2540 A.D.. Humans are no longer born, but rather manufactured in a factory. People are created and sorted by rank. future will be shaped by the assumptions we make about who we are and what we can be. .” – . Rosabeth. Moss . Kanter. Future Plans. Utopia in Fiction . Definition: the creation of an ideal society. By . Aldous. Huxley. Introduction Lecture. Genre: Dystopia. Utopia: . an ideal society possessing a perfect social and political system. Dystopia. : . a society where the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror. by Neal . Shusterman. Anticipation Guide. Agree/Disagree. Statement. Reasoning (1-2 sentences). A soul can be divided. . If someone does something bad enough, it is acceptable to end his or her life.. 1 [Previously published only in German as ‘ 'Zur Utopiediskussion aus soziologischer Sicht', trans. Adelheid Baker and Marion K By Trajan Harris and Jesus Juarez. Utopia. Often considered an imaginary place. A perfect society. Established laws, governments, and societies that were considered ideal . The ideal utopian society. 24 January 2017. Dystopian & Apocalyptic Literature. Diddy-. Wah. -Diddy. Read the African folktale, “Diddy-. Wah. -Diddy”. What makes this a “wonderful place to go”?. What is a Utopia?. Turn to your neighbor and list a few characteristics of a utopia!. Utopias. . and . Dystopias. from the Muslim World. dsd. Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad. Founder and Editor. Islam and Science Fiction Project. Center for Data Science. Department of Computer Science. University of Washington. Huxley. Introduction Lecture.  . What . does the “perfect” or “ideal” society look like? How does it function?. “O wonder!. How many goodly creatures are there here! . How beauteous mankind is! O, brave new world. Two Foundational Propositions. Foundational Proposition of Critical Social Science. Many . forms of human suffering and many deficits in human flourishing are the result of existing institutions and social structures. . The New Woman. In the late nineteenth and early 20. th. centuries, Henry James coined a phrase, the New Woman, a phrase meant to indicate women of affluence and sensibility who exhibited an independent spirit and acted according to their own wishes, in short, women who resisted the traditional patriarchy. Although they tended to resist the societal norms, the did so in what many would deem a more passive or submissive way; while refusing to marry and follow traditional female roles, they did not seek to redefine the roles of women as a whole, rather seeking to focus on their own independence within the spheres they normally inhabited..