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Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
“Utopia” (coined by Thomas More in 1516) comes from the Greek eu-topia (“good place”) and ou-topia (“no-place”) A negative utopia is a dystopia (“bad place”) An imaginary society with both good and bad
features might be called a “mixtopia”
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
Competing social systems and philosophies – socialist, capitalist, feminist, anarchist, technocratic, primitivist, etc. – as well as prevailing social trends, are often explored, criticised, or defended in utopian/dystopian fiction
Many of the most celebrated works of science fiction, and indeed of literature per se, fall in this category
One author’s utopia is often another author’s dystopia!
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
Utopias, Dystopias, and Mixtopias
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