Utopia turned Dystopia Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for the Utopia turned Dystopia lecture.

Utopia

Term invented by Sir Thomas More in 1516, explores the perfectibility of human society through hypothetical advancements.

Dystopia

A utopia that has gone wrong, or a utopia that functions only for a particular segment of society.

Plato's Republic

Discussion of the state as a large picture of the soul, featuring a class system, egalitarian society led by an aristocracy, and regulation of sexuality.

More's Utopia

Egalitarian state, communist ideal, social mobility based on merit, no private property, conservative family units, and simple clothing.

Karl Marx

Advocated 'from each according to ability, to each according to need.'

H.G. Wells' 'Modern Utopia'

Concerned with overpopulation and its effects, proposes population control and a World State.

Brave New World

A dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley focusing on Community, Identity, and Stability achieved through consumerism and conditioning.

1984

A dystopian novel by George Orwell focusing on Ideology and Politics achieved through control, fear, and constant surveillance.

Bokanovsky's Process

A process in 'Brave New World' where one egg buds to create multiple identical individuals.

Big Brother

A figurehead in Orwell's '1984' symbolizing constant surveillance and control.

Protagonist (in Dystopian Literature)

Character that is trapped, struggling to escape, realizes something is wrong with society and acts as lens for the reader.