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Dystopia

About: Dystopia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2146 publications have been published within this topic receiving 15163 citations. The topic is also known as: cacotopia.


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01 Dec 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "uniformity" and "uncertainty" in the context of health care, and propose a solution.
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4 citations

10 Jul 2017
Abstract: The aim of this bachelor thesis is to contribute to research on women’s science fiction novels within gender studies, by examining the use of the dystopian and utopian genre in criticizing the traditional role of women in society. For this research, a close reading and analysis of Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale will be conducted with focus on the portrayal of women, especially in regard to how motherhood is present in the worlds created. For the purpose of this research, Piercy’s world is accepted as a utopia, while in contrast Atwood’s world is analysed as a dystopia. This thesis will argue that Piercy criticises the traditional role of women by challenging the gender binary in her novel. She achieves this by creating a utopian society with technology that enables both men and women to become mothers. It will also be argued that Atwood’s narrative is critical of the traditional role of women by objectifying the female characters, and specifically the Handmaids, in its dystopian society. This is accomplished by making Handmaids commodities, who are only valued for their wombs.

4 citations

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02 May 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors of science fiction and fantasy novels, especially in young adult dystopian novels, do not always realize that ideologies about race are present in the narratives, and these portrayals often privilege the dominant race.
Abstract: As Jack Zipes mentions in the foreword to Utopian and Dystopian Writing for Children and Young Adults (2003), young adult novels need to depict utopias and dystopias because they allow readers to critique their contemporary society in the hope of social change.1 Surprisingly, racial tensions-a significant and continuing cultural concern that faces our world-are often not addressed in futuristic novels. Authors of science fi ction who seek to highlight contemporary fears, especially in young adult dystopian novels, do not always realize that ideologies about race are present in the narratives. Frequently, these novels reinscribe current social and racial hierarchies through their character depictions, and these portrayals often privilege the dominant race. Novels that ignore race or present a monochromatic future imply that other ethnicities do not survive in the future or that their participation in the future is not important. Even narratives where authors pretend racial tensions have been eliminated in the future risk trivializing contemporary encounters teens have with prejudice.

4 citations

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TL;DR: This article examined the foundations of Huxley's religio-political account of international relations, as discussed in his non-fiction books and in his novels, and argued that these arguments are best seen as a liberal counterpart and response to contemporary classical realist theories grounded in an Augustinian Christianity.
Abstract: Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is today best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World (1932) and his experiments with LSD, described in The Doors of Perception (1954). But he played a broader role as a public intellectual and especially as a passionate advocate of pacifism and then of a spiritually-inspired cosmopolitanism. This paper examines the foundations of Huxley’s religio-political account of international relations, as discussed in his non-fiction books and in his novels. Huxley was convinced that fiction was one of the most effective means of transmitting his ideas to the widest possible audience. In his post-war novels, especially Ape and Essence (1948) and Island (1962), he set out his diagnosis of what had gone wrong with modern politics and international relations and his cure – a syncretic religion, blending elements of a series of major traditions, allied to modern science and technology. This paper analyses his arguments both in terms of Huxley’s own intellectual development and in his intellectual context, arguing they are best seen as a liberal counterpart and response to contemporary classical realist theories grounded in an Augustinian Christianity.

3 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20241
2023244
2022672
202192
2020142
2019141