Kallipolis do so to make sure that there are scholars, leaders, protectors, and producers that exist in society.Īll of the above - are sacrifices and approaches that one needs to take (or suffer under) to reach Utopia. In several Utopian pieces of literature, the class system is important to divide roles in society. This is a very interesting view offered by the Greek philosopher.Īlign with the above explanation, we also have a class system. It makes sure that there’s no retaliation or dissatisfaction from the class system through the myth of the metal - so that people feel content on where they are placed in the society. Like what Plato illustrates in Republic with ‘Kallipolis’ - certain manipulation is essential to make sure that there is no defiance in the system. The third choice, again a very shocking choice, is government propaganda and manipulation. And in a utopia that the government/system really is benevolent then the surveillance system will be positive addition - stopping terrorism before its time, prevent and tackling domestic violence and much more. A trade-off that people are willing to take to achieve welfare and peace. On the other side, if it’s a very systematic utopia with systems and policies that need to be complied with by society, perhaps surveillance is an approach to maintain order. Something that each of us is supposed to have. Being constantly watch is pretty scary and taking away our privacy. Some of my friends quit Facebook after the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke out, some still cover their laptop cams after knowing that high-tech guy and government can hack into it easily. Because well, i initially thought that privacy and freedom are everything for Millenials. It’s interesting that some are willing to choose this. Some will also sacrifice their privacy and freedom of movement through an extensive (and ofc, evasive) surveillance system. Famous literature like Brave New World and 1984 shows that even family values can be eradicated for the sake of reaching a perfect ‘state’. Despite there’s no such standard to determine what’s a good tradition and what’s bad. I’m 100% on board to erasing such tradition - but sometimes reaching utopia also means erasing good tradition. I can list countless examples really: patriarchy, beauty standard, ageism, female castration, cannibalism (tribes still do this yes) and many more. One that not provides order, welfare, and happiness to all but instead victimizes them. An interesting take will be: many agreed that there are so many bad traditions that exist. Most voted for the elimination of social tradition and norms. In this particular section, what i want to highlight is that reaching utopia needs sacrifices. One of the first questions that I ask the respondents is which of the provided choice best fitting their ideal world? Here's what they gotta say: There are so many picturizations of Utopia and it includes different perspectives: economic utopia, a world where everything is equal, a futuristic world with advances in tech and science, to heaven as we taught in religion. Utopia and Dystopia in the eye of the common Which Utopia that you want to live in? Thus i randomly spread the survey that was answered by 33 people under 30s - and the insights are illustrated as follows. My important take after diving into this genre (subconsciously at first) is everyone's definition and picturization of ideal/unideal is different. He the term adopts utopia from Greek ‘eu’ and ‘topos’ which means no place to imply that there’s no such place as an ideal/perfect world.įor Indonesian readers, you can listen to a further explanation on the 1st and 2nd episode - i focuses on a general look and history of both Dystopia and Utopia. Thomas More able to coin the name of the genre in 1615 - through a book with the same name. Utopian concepts such as Plato’s Republic, Thomas More’s Utopia, Atlantis, El Dorado, The Land of Cockygne have been flourishing before medieval times. As utopia provides promises and picturization of an ideal world - dystopia, act as the otherwise: satirical warnings of how unideal and frightening world is. Utopia and the rise of Dystopian literatureĭystopia first arises as a response and critic of utopian literature. Intrigued by what going on today around the world - climate change, forest burning in Amazon, the rise of the right-wing and authoritarian regime, economic war - we cannot deny that it’s more and more like what we fear in dystopian fiction. Initially, a book review, now a podcast dedicated only to the genre. As an avid fan of Brave New World and dystopian literature, when I was asked to make a podcast show for work - i know directly what topic i want to do.
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