Utopia and dystopia in the age of the Anthropocene
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Data de Publicação: | 2021 |
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Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316/106028 https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2020.e72386 |
Resumo: | A product of Modernity, utopian and dystopian thought has always hinged upon an assessment as to whether humanity would be able to fulfil the promise of socio-economic, political and techno-scientific progress. In this paper, I argue that the predominantly dystopian outlook of the past century or so marked a move away from former views on human progress. Rather than commenting on humanity’s inability to build a better society, current dystopianism betrays the view that the human species as such is an impediment to harmonious life on Earth. I discuss the shift from utopia to dystopia (and back) as a result of regarding humans as a force that does more harm than good, and I consider the possibility of human extinction within the framework of dystopian and utopian visions. The final section of the chapter turns to Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy as a fictional example that plays out the prospect of a world in which humans have all but become extinct. |
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Utopia and dystopia in the age of the AnthropoceneUtopiaDystopiaAnthropoceneA product of Modernity, utopian and dystopian thought has always hinged upon an assessment as to whether humanity would be able to fulfil the promise of socio-economic, political and techno-scientific progress. In this paper, I argue that the predominantly dystopian outlook of the past century or so marked a move away from former views on human progress. Rather than commenting on humanity’s inability to build a better society, current dystopianism betrays the view that the human species as such is an impediment to harmonious life on Earth. I discuss the shift from utopia to dystopia (and back) as a result of regarding humans as a force that does more harm than good, and I consider the possibility of human extinction within the framework of dystopian and utopian visions. The final section of the chapter turns to Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy as a fictional example that plays out the prospect of a world in which humans have all but become extinct.Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina2021info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/106028http://hdl.handle.net/10316/106028https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2020.e72386eng2175-79761414-722XVieira, Patríciainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-16T21:34:59Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/106028Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:22:29.458103Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Utopia and dystopia in the age of the Anthropocene |
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Utopia and dystopia in the age of the Anthropocene |
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Utopia and dystopia in the age of the Anthropocene Vieira, Patrícia Utopia Dystopia Anthropocene |
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Utopia and dystopia in the age of the Anthropocene |
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Utopia and dystopia in the age of the Anthropocene |
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Utopia and dystopia in the age of the Anthropocene |
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Utopia and dystopia in the age of the Anthropocene |
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Vieira, Patrícia |
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Vieira, Patrícia |
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Vieira, Patrícia |
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Utopia Dystopia Anthropocene |
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Utopia Dystopia Anthropocene |
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A product of Modernity, utopian and dystopian thought has always hinged upon an assessment as to whether humanity would be able to fulfil the promise of socio-economic, political and techno-scientific progress. In this paper, I argue that the predominantly dystopian outlook of the past century or so marked a move away from former views on human progress. Rather than commenting on humanity’s inability to build a better society, current dystopianism betrays the view that the human species as such is an impediment to harmonious life on Earth. I discuss the shift from utopia to dystopia (and back) as a result of regarding humans as a force that does more harm than good, and I consider the possibility of human extinction within the framework of dystopian and utopian visions. The final section of the chapter turns to Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy as a fictional example that plays out the prospect of a world in which humans have all but become extinct. |
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