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6 Basic questions all societies must answer:

6 Basic questions all societies must answer:. From http://www.uwec.edu/geography/ivogeler/w188/articles/utopia.htm. Defining Utopia • An ideal place (everyone lives in peace and harmony) that does not exist in reality. A place, state, or condition that is ideally “perfect” in respect of:

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6 Basic questions all societies must answer:

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  1. 6 Basic questions all societies must answer: From http://www.uwec.edu/geography/ivogeler/w188/articles/utopia.htm

  2. Defining Utopia • • An ideal place (everyone lives in peace and harmony) that does not exist in reality. A place, state, or condition that is ideally “perfect” in respect of: • Politics • Laws • Customs • Conditions • Values and beliefs Eu - a prefix from Greek meaning good. Ou - a prefix from Greek meaning not. Topia - a root from Greek meaning place.

  3. American Values and Ideals Why did Pilgrims come to America? • Enlightenment Values • Enlightened Self- Interest • The Pursuit of Happiness • Self-Determination • Expansionism

  4. Dystopia • The antonym of utopia • An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives

  5. Dystopian ConceptsA Dystopia may have: • Totalitarian dictatorship • What does totalitarian mean? • It refers to a society in which nearly every aspect of public and private behavior is regulated by the government. “Big Brother” • Glorification and justification of violence • Technology that replaces humanity • Negative social trends taken to nightmarish extremes • A poor standard of living among the lower and middle classes

  6. Characteristics of Dystopian Literature • Fictional and futuristic • Serve as warnings to contemporary man • Comment on our own current society • A protagonist that questions the society • Set in the future but resembles contemporary society

  7. What if. . . • No one had to go to school? • You could have an iPod in your brain? • Your computer could read your thoughts? • No one had to pay taxes? • Everyone had plastic surgery? • Babies were scientifically created? • Advanced science and technology could abolish suffering and death? This is a Dystopia in the Making!

  8. Dystopian Movies Gattaca (1997) Did you find what you were looking for? • Genetic Discrimination • Concerns of reproductive technologies • Destiny

  9. Dystopian Movies I, Robot (2004) Did you find what you were looking for? • Man vs. Machine • Humanoid Robotics • Advancement of Technology

  10. Other Dystopian films: Fahrenheit 451 Wall-E Minority Report The Matrix The Stepford Wives Children of Men

  11. On a Venn Diagram… • Utopia vs. Dystopia- • How are they the same, and how are they different? (Use a blank piece of white paper)

  12. On the other side of your paper… • Draw a Concept Definition Map for Utopia. • The Venn Diagram, and the Concept Definition Map do not need to be complete, but you must have a good start on both.

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