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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 Jan 2018
TL;DR: In the name of creating a more just society, demands for multiculturalism, diversity, and cultural competence have proliferated over the past few decades All these terms fundamentally depend on identity politics, pitting group against group Far from ushering in a more harmonious future, identity politics seems to lead primarily to greater social fragmentation, combativeness, and conflict The escalation of these tensions is manifest today in attacks on free speech and efforts to micromanage everyday life Accompanying these is a persistent denigration of western culture and its tradition of individual rights and freedoms as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In the name of creating a more just society, demands for multiculturalism, diversity, and cultural competence have proliferated over the past few decades All these terms fundamentally depend on identity politics, pitting group against group Far from ushering in a more harmonious future, identity politics seems to lead primarily to greater social fragmentation, combativeness, and conflict The escalation of these tensions is manifest today in attacks on free speech and efforts to micromanage everyday life Accompanying these is a persistent denigration of western culture and its tradition of individual (rather than group) rights and freedoms The dangers of such developments have been well documented in the twentieth-century dictatorial regimes claiming to be acting for the greater good The costs of abdicating liberal values in the name of goodness have also been extensively explored in utopian and dystopian fictions that demonstrate why ideological policing can never produce a better world
01 Dec 2020
01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: The authors discusses dystopian films where media are portrayed as evil, dangerous, or bad in other ways, and provides speculative answers to the question: What if resisters were right? What would our world look like if their warnings came true?
Abstract: Media resistance is a recurring theme in contemporary culture, and inspire fiction writers as well as film-makers. This chapter discusses dystopian films where media are portrayed as evil, dangerous or bad in other ways. Being there (1979), Videodrome (1983), The Truman Show (1998), Disconnect (2012) and Her (2013) reflect criticism of network television, video and cable, reality television, social and online media, and virtual reality. The films aid the discussion in the book by providing speculative answers to the question: What if resisters were right? What would our world look like if their warnings came true?