Lecture 1

Question 1

Utopia
Dystopia

Answer 1

Utopia: A community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizen
Dystopia: A community or society that is undesirable or frightening

Question 2

Functions of utopian worldview

Answer 2

• Optimism about the future
• Strong belief in technological development
• Push to invest in technological developments
• Cultural change toward individuation and individual empowerement

Question 3

Industrial revolution

Answer 3

A rapid or major change in an economy (as in England in the late 18th century) marked by the general introduction of power-driven machinery or by an important change in the prevailing types and methods of use of such machines.