Utopia and dystopia in the age of the Anthropocene
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12640480 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrícia Vieira (0000-0002-8262-3740, Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 46 |
| Pages | 350-365 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Esboços histórias em contextos globais (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1414-722X • E-ISSN: 2175-7976 |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5007/2175-7976.2020.e72386 |
| OpenAlex | W3124285655 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 6 |
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
Aesthetics · Anthropocene · Art history · Dehumanization · Dystopia · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Human enhancement · Humanity · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Trilogy · Utopia · Vision · Anthropology · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
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Literary visions of post-apocalyptic worlds in the works of Mary Shelley, Margaret Atwood and Maggie Gee
Utopia, dystopia and the future of Homo sapiens in the wake of Covid-19
Utopia without us
Anthropocene
Political protest landscapes in Catalonia
Returning to ‘Nature’
Utopías comunitarias como apuestas del futuro entre los purhépecha
La confección de la utopía comunitaria
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |