A Dystopia is a system and social construct that is characterized by oppressive statutes that are upheld by imaginative submission of the lower rank through hierarchical control. The first source sprouts from Iris Young’s Five Faces of Oppression: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural domination, and violence. Oppression ultimately serves as the Continue reading
I think for the most part the group was easygoing. The only issue was that it was always a hassle to be able to get everyone to meet all at once. Also, we ended up needing to record the podcast more than once due to sound and internet issues. It Continue reading
According to Robinson, utopias “express our social hopes.” In the prompt it states a specific quote from Robinson: “It’s crucial to keep imagining that things could get better, and furthermore to imagine how they might get better.” These two specific quotes remind me of manifestation. Manifestation is outwardly and holistically Continue reading
In the first of the week of classes we talked about the Merriam Webster definition of dystopia which is “an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives“. In the movie The Purge there was an imagined world where there was an annual event where people Continue reading
I do not believe that American higher education is a dystopia; however, I would not say the same for middle schools and high schools in America. I feel like I was able to unlearn false truths that were placed in front of me in middle school and high school that Continue reading
Ur-Fascism definitely exists today, although it is not always as overt as it had been in the past. This claim relies solely on one piece of the text that states, “For Ur-Fascism… individuals as individuals have no rights, and the People is conceived as a quality, a monolithic entity expressing Continue reading
When it comes to my ability and comfort with working in a group I feel like at first I may be a little reserves, but for the most part I am able to break out of it very quickly; this is especially because our grades at at stake here. I Continue reading
Freud’s premise is that any form of government, ultimately, is repressive of human nature. I disagree with this because when I think of someone’s nature, I think of someone being as they are with based on what is available to them. This premise coined by Freud implies that people are Continue reading
The five faces of oppression are exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence. I believe that all five faces of oppression exist in present day America and this is regardless of specific example, but is foundationally based in that I do believe that Young’s claim that these five faces allow Continue reading
Dys•to•pia| dis-‘tō-pē-ə noun : a substandard place, system, or nonarbitrary social construct created by governmental entities that is perpetuated by heavy suffering and injustices where only a small few attempt a coup. The reason I define dystopia as being more than just a place rests in that dystopian books I Continue reading
