
Class
Notes - Monday, January 27, 2003
Utopias go back to Plato
many are first religious --> Ex: the garden of Eden
rationale Utopias: Plato's Atlantis and Republic
Freud says we all have a tendency to imagine a Utopia
Science Fiction impulse to Utopia is from Renaissance because new Scientific Method was born (Ex: The New Atlantis)
Sir Thomas Moore basically rewrote Republic and called it Utopia
Big explosion of Utopias came with the Industrial Revolution because of new technology (railroads) and development of evolution theories (theories of progress)
Utopias assume logic will structure the society and that problems can be easily isolated
20's, 30's, 40's --> Dystopias in response to totalitarism
70's to present --> Dystopias & Utopias dealing with gender issues