Lecture 1 Flashcards

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Utopia
Dystopia

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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

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Functions of utopian worldview

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

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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.

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