Utopia Or Dystopia
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Utopia Dystopia
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Author : Michael D. Gordin
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2010-08-23
Utopia Dystopia written by Michael D. Gordin and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-23 with History categories.
The concepts of utopia and dystopia have received much historical attention. Utopias have traditionally signified the ideal future: large-scale social, political, ethical, and religious spaces that have yet to be realized. Utopia/Dystopia offers a fresh approach to these ideas. Rather than locate utopias in grandiose programs of future totality, the book treats these concepts as historically grounded categories and examines how individuals and groups throughout time have interpreted utopian visions in their daily present, with an eye toward the future. From colonial and postcolonial Africa to pre-Marxist and Stalinist Eastern Europe, from the social life of fossil fuels to dreams of nuclear power, and from everyday politics in contemporary India to imagined architectures of postwar Britain, this interdisciplinary collection provides new understandings of the utopian/dystopian experience. The essays look at such issues as imaginary utopian perspectives leading to the 1856-57 Xhosa Cattle Killing in South Africa, the functioning racist utopia behind the Rhodesian independence movement, the utopia of the peaceful atom and its global dissemination in the mid-1950s, the possibilities for an everyday utopia in modern cities, and how the Stalinist purges of the 1930s served as an extension of the utopian/dystopian relationship. The contributors are Dipesh Chakrabarty, Igal Halfin, Fredric Jameson, John Krige, Timothy Mitchell, Aditya Nigam, David Pinder, Marci Shore, Jennifer Wenzel, and Luise White.
Utopia Dystopia
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Author : Peyton E. Richter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Utopia Dystopia written by Peyton E. Richter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Philosophy categories.
Between Dream And Nature
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Author : Dominic Baker-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 1987
Between Dream And Nature written by Dominic Baker-Smith and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Literary Criticism categories.
Utopia And Dystopia In Postwar Italian Literature
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Author : Daniele Fioretti
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-02-13
Utopia And Dystopia In Postwar Italian Literature written by Daniele Fioretti and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book is about the presence of utopian and dystopian elements in the Italian literary landscape. It focuses on four authors that are representatives of the various positions in the Italian cultural debate: Pasolini, Calvino, Sanguineti, and Volponi. What did concepts like utopia and dystopia mean for these authors? Is it possible to separate utopia from dystopia? What is the role of science fiction in this debate? This book answers these questions, proposing an original interpretation of utopia and of the social role of literature. The book also takes into consideration four of the most influential literary journals in Italy: Officina, il menabò, il verri, and Nuovi Argomenti, that played a central role in the cultural and political debate on utopia in Italy.
The Motifs Of Utopia And Dystopia In Aldous Huxley S Brave New World
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Author : Doris Dier
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2012-10-09
The Motifs Of Utopia And Dystopia In Aldous Huxley S Brave New World written by Doris Dier and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-09 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1, University of Vienna, course: Science Fiction: The Classics, language: English, abstract: One of the many features of science fiction is the creation of alternative worlds and societies. The utopia-motif has been a very creative one in doing so, constantly inspiring authors to pursuit the goal of imagining a perfect world. The motif is also productive in a sense of redevelopment, since it serves to lay out the points of criticism that occur when looking at the “real” world at times. These approaches have resulted in the formation of new motifs such as dystopia. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is an ambiguous masterpiece that allows the reader to reveal various levels of meaning. Researchers mainly suggest it to be read as a satire, but it is also considered to be a key work of dystopian literature. This paper points out the elements that allow us to identify Brave New World as both a utopian and dystopian narrative. It concentrates on the points of view because in my opinion they determine the motif. The thesis is that depending on the viewpoint of the different characters the two worlds Huxley presents us can be either interpreted as a utopia or dystopia. The paper aims to introduce the major terms Utopia and Dystopia, but also outline the two different worlds Huxley describes in his novel. It explores whether or not the thesis is applicable and verifiable.
The Postworld In Between Utopia And Dystopia
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Author : Katarzyna Ostalska
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-29
The Postworld In Between Utopia And Dystopia written by Katarzyna Ostalska and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-29 with Social Science categories.
This collection of essays offers global perspectives on feminist utopia and dystopia in speculative literature, film, and art, working from a range of intersectional approaches to examine key works and genres in both their specific cultural context and a wider, global, epistemological, critical background. The international, diverse contributions, including a Foreword by Gregory Claeys, draw upon posthumanism, speculative realism, speculative feminism, object-oriented ontology, new materialisms, and post-Anthropocene studies to propose alternative perspectives on gender, environment, as well as alternate futures and pasts rendered in fiction. Instead of binary divisions into utopia vs dystopia, the collection explores genres transcending this dichotomy, scrutinising the oeuvre of both established and emerging writers, directors, and critics. This is a rich and unique collection suitable for scholars and students studying feminist literature, media cultural studies, and women’s and gender studies.
Educated Fear And Educated Hope
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Author : Marianna Papastephanou
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Educated Fear And Educated Hope written by Marianna Papastephanou and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Education categories.
This book examines the transformative potential of collaborative teacher research. Specifically, Kalin shares the perspectives of educators as they investigate the teaching and learning of drawing within their own elementary classrooms and within the context of an action research group.
Nineteen Eighty Four Science Between Utopia And Dystopia
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Author : E. Mendelsohn
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Nineteen Eighty Four Science Between Utopia And Dystopia written by E. Mendelsohn and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with History categories.
Just fifty years ago Julian Huxley, the biologist grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, published a book which easily could be seen to represent the prevail ing outlook among young scientists of the day: If I were a Dictator (1934). The outlook is optimistic, the tone playfully rational, the intent clear - allow science a free hand and through rational planning it could bring order out of the surrounding social chaos. He complained, however: At the moment, science is for most part either an intellectual luxury or the paid servant of capitalist industry or the nationalist state. When it and its results cannot be fitted into the existing framework, it and they are ignored; and furthermore the structure of scientific research is grossly lopsided, with over-emphasis on some kinds of science and partial or entire neglect of others. (pp. 83-84) All this the scientist dictator would set right. A new era of scientific human ism would provide alternative visions to the traditional religions with their Gods and the civic religions such as Nazism and fascism. Science in Huxley's version carries in it the twin impulses of the utopian imagination - Power and Order. Of course, it was exactly this vision of science which led that other grand son of Thomas Henry Huxley, the writer Aldous Huxley, to portray scientific discovery as potentially subversive and scientific practice as ultimately en slaving.
The Plot Of The Future
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Author : Dragan Klaić
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Plot Of The Future written by Dragan Klaić and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Plot of the Future's forward-looking topic, previously unexamined in the dramatic sphere, maintains its relevance in an age of increasing technological advancement. It will interest teachers and students of modern drama with its timely perspective on European theater and will also appeal to those in the social sciences who study utopian theories.
Utopia And Dystopia In Prophetic Literature
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Author : Ehud Ben Zvi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Utopia And Dystopia In Prophetic Literature written by Ehud Ben Zvi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Political Science categories.