What is a Dystopia?

A dystopia is a reality in which people are suffering, whether that be physically, mentally and/or emotionally at the hands of some external power.  A true example of such a society would be that of earlier Zimbabwe. The African country had gone through one of its worst presidential runs with Continue reading

Dystopia Rewritten

A dystopia is a society permeated and controlled by oppressive tactics. The people are hopeless and unhappy as the consequences of mounting hasty decisions erode the society’s framework. In Hobbesianā€™s jungle, the role of a central government is to protect individuals from the inherent dangers of human nature, maintain social Continue reading

The Definition of a Dystopia

A dystopia is an undesirable society that consists of the worst possible living conditions that functions based off of fear and oppression. Dystopias are typically the opposite of utopias in all aspects. They emphasize the worst possible outcomes of a society while a utopia emphasizes the best and most favorable Continue reading

Navigating Dystopias: Identifying the Characteristics of Oppressive Societies”

Our Dystopias, Real & Imagined course has allowed meĀ  to identify the hallmarks of a dystopian society. Through the use of models like Hobbes’s Leviathan, Foucault’s perspective of panopticism, Young’s Five Faces of Oppression and many others to discern patterns of oppression in both fictional and real-world settings. Through these Continue reading

Dystopia definition

Dystopia- a fictional, nonfictional, or speculative societal contract characterized by oppressive control which executes societal dehumanization, the absence of individual freedoms, and presents a nightmarish version of the future, an alternate reality, or unfortunately, the real world. Dystopia, a literary, cinematic, and conceptual genre, is primarily defined by its depiction Continue reading

To Be, or Not to Be a Dystopia

Previously, I had defined a dystopian as ā€œa society where intrinsic human rights and freedoms are violated for the preservation of particular social orderā€. With this I explicitly reference aspects of human individuality such as our thoughts, actions and choices. I would like to alter my definition of a dystopia. Continue reading

What is a dystopia?

A dystopia can be defined as a made-up society that is flawed oppressive and dehumanizes the individuals that live in it which can be characterized by oppression and removal of individual freedom. Dystopias often come about from the pursuit of utopian ideas and beliefs that are taken to the extreme Continue reading