Sentences with phrase «in utopian societies»

The artist's interest in utopian societies and the ways in which architecture can reflect belief systems inspired these organic yet rigid drawings.

The story takes place in a utopian society where all memories of the past reside with a sage figure...

The sci - fi thriller takes place in a utopian society where all memories of the past reside with a...

For those unfamiliar, the story takes place in a utopian society where all memories of the past reside with a sage figure known as «The Giver».

The story takes place in a utopian society where all memories of the past reside with a sage figure known as «The Giver».

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The Sesame Street idea was a product of its time, a Great Society - era utopian project rooted in an understanding of history as «progressive.»

As Imbruglia notes, the utopian vision of the Paraguayan missions was created by the Jesuits themselves: In widely circulated accounts, Jesuit authors described how once - «savage» Indios «became different men» through their conversion and joined a «perfect society» resembling the early Church.

The religious aspects of the Jesuit missions were inimical to Enlightenment philosophes, but the story of the reducciones nevertheless helped thinkers such as Montesquieu to articulate new ideals as, in Imbruglia's words, «the creation of a utopian society became the mission of European civilisation.»

Hope for our society lies in the possibility of the rebirth of visionary thought, utopian dreaming, the resurrection of the split between present and future that provides the dynamic of change in the direction of projected ideals.

I am among a growing number of people who believe that there is an urgent need for a rebirth of utopian thinking within the church and in society at large.

These are the goals of a Christian civilization, imperfectly realized, to be sure, in any society but sufficiently manifest in Europe and America to make it evident that a Christian democracy is not merely a utopian dream.

Seligman traces the further transformation of the concept of civil society in Smith and Kant, the latter of whom tries to rescue it from Hume, and in Hegel and Marx, who resolve this inherently unstable concept in statist and utopian directions.

In contrast, the neo-Freudian Erich Fromm becomes quite unrealistically utopian in his hope for the «sane society» of reasonable men, and he never asks where the individual can find in present history the community which can sustain the spirit which must live in this threatening and imperfect worldIn contrast, the neo-Freudian Erich Fromm becomes quite unrealistically utopian in his hope for the «sane society» of reasonable men, and he never asks where the individual can find in present history the community which can sustain the spirit which must live in this threatening and imperfect worldin his hope for the «sane society» of reasonable men, and he never asks where the individual can find in present history the community which can sustain the spirit which must live in this threatening and imperfect worldin present history the community which can sustain the spirit which must live in this threatening and imperfect worldin this threatening and imperfect world.2

But despite the real gains in social morality that came in the wake of the abolition of the slave trade, despite the rise in the status of women, despite the benefits that came from the enactment of child - labor laws and the establishment of the welfare state, did not the nineteenth century also bequeath to us those proposed «solutions» to social ills that led to mass starvation in Russia and China, to the utopian nightmares of communism and fascism, to wars unending, and ¯ in those societies that actually managed to abolish most social evils ¯ to a hedonism that is undermining society from within?

The «utopian» experimental societies so familiar in American history have drawn little groups of people into adventure of proving that the new order is possible.

Though formulated by some of the toughest minds in the history of modern philosophy — Hobbes, Locke, Flume, and Adam Smith — this tradition gave rise to what would appear to be the most wildly utopian idea in the history of political thought, namely, that a good society can result from the actions of citizens motivated by self - interest alone when those actions are organized through the proper mechanisms.

In 1887 Edward Bellamy's utopian novel Looking Backward described a society in which all the economic disturbances of his day had been overcomIn 1887 Edward Bellamy's utopian novel Looking Backward described a society in which all the economic disturbances of his day had been overcomin which all the economic disturbances of his day had been overcome.

Utopians from Plato to B.F. Skinner have distrusted this aspect of human nature and have planned societies in which communal childrearing would serve to replace our intense love of our own children with an impartial love of all members of society.

Back in 1986, futurist K Eric Drexler (now of the Foresight Institute — a US nanotech think tank) imagined a utopian future where self - replicating nanoscale robots, or nanobots, carry out most of the work in society.

In a utopian presentist society, instead of working extra hard to put money in the bank, you'd be working to provide value for the people around yoIn a utopian presentist society, instead of working extra hard to put money in the bank, you'd be working to provide value for the people around yoin the bank, you'd be working to provide value for the people around you.

Unicorn City Directed by: Bryan Lefler — Starring: Devin McGinn, Jaclyn Hales, Jon Gries Summary: Voss entices local gamers to create a Utopian society in an attempt to impress a potential employer, but paradise is disrupted when his nemesis lays claim to the city and Voss's true love.

In The Beach, the society in question was a utopian island community that rapidly became a dystopian nightmarIn The Beach, the society in question was a utopian island community that rapidly became a dystopian nightmarin question was a utopian island community that rapidly became a dystopian nightmare.

Titled Equals, it centers on two people who live in a «utopian» society where emotions are outlawed.

Based in a worn - down Chicago (somehow the last place on Earth), a «utopian» society is divided into five separate factions: Abnegation, for the selfless; Amity, for the peaceful; Candor, for the honest; Dauntless, for the brave; and Erudite, for the knowledgeable.

Surrogates (PG - 13 for profanity, disturbing images, sexuality, drug use and intense violence) Bruce Willis stars in this futuristic, sci - fi crime thriller as an FBI agent forced to investigate the first murder in what was presumed to be a crime - free, utopian society filled with robotic clones.

T'Challa is the Black Panther of the title, the king of Wakanda, whose history and creation is explained in an opening monologue - how the discovery ages earlier of a massive meteorite made of a special metal called vibranium allowed a group of African tribes to come together and build a secret utopian society with advanced technologies that they kept hidden from the outside world.

From the elder the teen receives some startling secrets about the utopian society in which they live.

It's time to relearn the lessons of the Great Society, when ambitious programs designed to promote justice and opportunity were undone by utopian formulations, unworkable implementation structures, and a stubborn unwillingness to acknowledge the limits of federal action in the American system.

The movie adaptation of author Lois Lowry's 1993 bestselling dystopic novel, The Giver, about a utopian society that becomes dispelled, was released nationwide in theaters on August 15.

There's just something compelling about mucking about in a forced utopian society under the watchful eye of a charismatic figurehead.

Lenore Malen, whose past work on utopian societies traverses history, in this exhibition takes us back to biblical Eden to ascertain where things went off the rails.

Online and offline surveillance accompanied by the consumer capitalist culture within today's society are the main issues surrounding his work, in association with current and future utopian environments, the continued automation of our daily lives in relation to the internet of things and the various cultures associated with online communities.

From expressionist beginnings to a pioneering model uniting art and technology, this London exhibition presents the Bauhaus» utopian vision to change society in the aftermath of the First World War.

Constant, OriëntSector (1959), (metal, ink on Perspex and oil paint on wood): Motivated by the utopian notion that World War II had ushered in a new era in which the automation of all production would bring about a stable, classless society, Dutch artist Constant began a two - decade - long project to devise an appropriately progressive architecture and urban planning practice.

The delicate nature of the drawing and watercolour in individual works make very stunning representations of failed utopian societies.

Curated by: Rational Dress Society Since the birth of fashion in the 19th century, counter-fashion — the practice of dressing to signal political solidarity — has been a site for critical intervention and utopian experimentation amongst activists, artists, and designers.

Her work is influenced by and references utopian thought found in literature, art and architecture, which are formally applied in sculptural works that refer to society's pursuit of perfection in all forms of life; physically and as a society.

Though varied in media and content, these series are united in their exploration of structural systems — from the individual body to larger architectural frameworks that encompass cities and utopian societies — which have become a hallmark of Lee Bul's oeuvre.

The Gardener Digs in Another Time, which is on show till 9 October 2016, reflects upon the use of the garden in visual culture as a vehicle for utopian thought and an emblem for an ideal society.

This feminist utopian narrative rings throughout the artist's oeuvre, which includes installation, performance, and sculpture, and provides an alternative model to the neoliberal, patriarchal society she finds herself in.

By overlaying utopian consumerist imagery with the tropes of Modernist geometric abstraction, the artist skilfully blends the registers of high and low art while questioning the seductive powers of commercial imagery in today's society.

Influenced by the utopian ideals of the progressive education movement, it placed the arts at the center of liberal arts education and believed that in doing so it could better educate citizens for participation in a democratic society.

The school employed avant - garde artists like Kazimir Malevich, Aleksandr Rodchenko and Vladimir Tatlin, and was intended to train a generation of artists to work in the new, utopian society.

Arranged in a rectangular grid in the shape of page, the holes suggest a strong ending, as if the book has closed with utopian dreams of a perfect society.

The left are more inclined to support radical, utopian plans for a more perfect (in their eyes) society.

Morton's utopian scenario is one in which a stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) is deployed to give society «breathing space» to ramp down carbon emissions and develop carbon removal techniques.

In the end I may disagree on the desirability of the particular society and engineered earth - system that Morton portrays (both in his utopian scenario, and in the frames he reproduces), but I can celebrate the excellent job he has done of making the reader consider and envisage alternative futures in which both technology and society are transformeIn the end I may disagree on the desirability of the particular society and engineered earth - system that Morton portrays (both in his utopian scenario, and in the frames he reproduces), but I can celebrate the excellent job he has done of making the reader consider and envisage alternative futures in which both technology and society are transformein his utopian scenario, and in the frames he reproduces), but I can celebrate the excellent job he has done of making the reader consider and envisage alternative futures in which both technology and society are transformein the frames he reproduces), but I can celebrate the excellent job he has done of making the reader consider and envisage alternative futures in which both technology and society are transformein which both technology and society are transformed.

«They» seem to have totally lost the plot — the big reeking stench here is is the scary scenarios that are use to justify transformations in economics and societies in vague utopian ways by fringe extremists who have long ago lost the war.

Alternative structures are a «utopian ideal as cited by socialist societies in Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Spain and Australia... strong capitalistic countries like France, Switzerland and Brazil have not adopted such a system;» [120]