Sigmund Freud, a famous yet controversial psychologist, wrote Civilization and its Discontents in an attempt to explain why people are not satisfied with the society they are living in despite many social, technological, and scientific advancements that gave humans what he describes as “Godlike character.” It is a thought-provoking answer, Continue reading
Iris Young’s The Five Faces of Oppression provides a rubric to identify oppressive situations, rather than a fixed definition. The five faces are exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence. Considering that Young was inspired by oppression in all of its forms in this country specifically, it is no stretch Continue reading
When the word dystopia is plugged into Google, the result is its definition: “an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.” On the other hand, Merriam-Webster describes a dystopia as “an imagined world or society in which people Continue reading
