Social Sciences Directory Vol. 2‚ No. 4‚ 2-8‚ October 2013 th Proceedings of the 11 conference of the International Communal Studies Association Revisiting Walden Two: sustainability from a natural science perspective Deborah Altus * Washburn University‚ USA 1 Video of conference presentation: Not available Abstract In his 1948 novel‚ Walden Two‚ B F Skinner proposed using principles and methods of natural science as a means to design a healthy society that was not only satisfying and meaningful
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the wrath of the Nazi’s. This had a negative impact on their lives‚ similar to Sophie‚ as they were forced to leave their homes and start a new life from nothing. Both cases show how lives change when a family is forced to flee into hiding. Both utopia and segregation are polar opposite concepts. Hence‚ the ableism in the town of Waknuk creates a dystopian society. In Waknuk it is believed that the devil is the father of deviation‚ and the norm is the will of god. This belief drives the “normal
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subvert them? 1000-1500 words. A dystopia is a futuristic and technologically advanced oppressive world with an overbearing totalitarian government who maintain strict authoritarian control over its population. Dystopia’s are often concealed as utopias since everybody appears to be equal and life appears to be fair‚ but in reality freedom is greatly restricted under a dystopia. Kurt Wimmer’s Equilibrium (2002) is a film that is strongly influenced by dystopic texts such as “Brave New World” and
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Annmarie Gaither October 5th‚ 2012 Egan Literary Analysis paper Oblivious to Life The impact that technology has on the contemporary world is often a great topic of debate and is shown often in literature. Both Brave New World and Wall-E shed light on the fact that technology can make anyone oblivious to life and their surroundings. In Brave New World‚ a book by Aldous Huxley written in 1932‚ the people are oblivious to life because starting as babies they are given
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By Symbolism: An Explication of a passage in Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” “They all know it is there‚ all the people of Omelas. Some of them have come to see it‚ others are content merely to know it is there. They all know that it has to be there. Some of them understand why‚ and some do not‚ but they all understand that their happiness‚ the beauty of their city‚ the tenderness of their friendships‚ the health of their children‚ the wisdom of their scholars‚ the skill of their
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can achieve the right outcome. Imagine a project for the entire island introducing a more efficient use of insulation‚ not only would we attain cooler conditions indoors but we would substantially lower the use of energy and our bill towards that. A utopia of efficient energy uses is not far from sight‚ it is possible by acknowledging the problem‚ making a choice‚ and taking action. We live in a “paradise”‚ so let us be true to that word; energy efficiency‚ not only good for us‚ but good for
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Similar feminist shifts happens in Kunstler’s trilogy‚ although the shifts in his novels are not so pronounced or dramatic. His book is the most subtle of these three nextopian novels. In World Made by Hand‚ the main character describes a town meeting and notes that “all the trustees were men‚ no women and no plain laborers;” the town “reverted to social division” that is unethical in today’s society (Kunstler 101). A return to clear social delineations is evidence of a slip back in time‚ toward
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In Linda Nochlin’s “Seurat’s Grande Jatte: An Anti-Utopian Allegory” she advocates the anti-utopian message presented by Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The composition of her argument is threefold. By contextualizing Seurat’s vision of society among other utopian works by impressionists and traditionalists‚ Nochlin emphasizes the intentionally critical nature of La Grande Jatte. After establishing the work to be critical in nature‚ the argument is narrowed using critiques
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creates a superficial world through the use of conditioning‚ and escapes from reality using such drugs as soma‚ which is "the perfect drug". The citizens of BNW are programmed to enjoy their destiny and contribute to the social stability of their utopia. Science and technology have created a world where no one ever needs to suffer and the leaders are free to control their "flocks of
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such a place a utopia‚ shielding its inhabitants from all evil; others would say it is a dystopia‚ in which no one has the right to speak out‚ have choices‚ or to love one another. In the novel‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ a 12-year-old boy called Jonas finds himself in a dystopia when he realizes that there is more to life outside of his sheltered community. Although the people of Jonas’ community know no different than their way of life‚ the society is a dystopia‚ rather than a utopia. " ’It wasn’t
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