Sentences with phrase «utopias such»

Instead there appeared what Tillich (1966 p. 70) calls negative utopias such as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's 1984.
• One of the manifestations of the age of concentration will be the final rejection of any attempts to realize utopias such as communism in Russia and globalism in the West.

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Even though most people would prefer to see Bitcoin payments integrated everywhere in the world in its native environment, such a situation remains a utopia for the time being.
Again, this resonates of a false - utopia, a time gone, a place gone, or perhaps just not God's chosen people, in that one can aim to achieve but any such attainable goals have limits, the highest beyond reach.So, we should let the word means what it means Again, this insinuates that I am not letting it mean what it means.
A less sophisticated illustration of this can be seen in the way that science fiction has envisioned various atheistic scientific futures: over the course of the past century such visions of the future have shifted from being utopias to being dystopias.
It's just we are such species that all our attempts to create utopia by our own hands create a hell on earth.
Such groups can resist the aimlessness produced by the end of utopias suffered after the «collapse» of socialism.
As a form of a «social protest» and utopia, the Pentecostal movement recalls movements such as the Taki Onqoy of 16th century Peru (Huamanga 1560 - 1570).
It's a taste of the utopia of Esalen in your very own kitchen, with recipes such as Artichoke, Yam, and Blue Cheese Scones; Leek - and - Onion Tart; Greek Quiche; Esalen Granola; Sweet - and - Spicy Breakfast Polenta; Orange Essence Raisin Bread; Quinoa and Veggie Soufflé; Grandma's German Goulash; and more!
She imagines a libertarian utopia, and hypothesizes how this sort of conflict would be addressed in such a society.
Such conversations should also help move the discussion beyond speculation about utopias and dystopias, by recognising that the prospects for synthetic biology are likely to be both less sensational and less forbidding than is generally acknowledged.
It was Kramer who coined the phrase «cosmetic psychopharmacology» to describe a not - too - distant utopia in which drugs such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Prozac, normally used to treat depression, would be used...
While this may sound like an unrealistic model for other schools around the country — and it certainly costs a pretty penny to send your kids to such a utopia — Amis Cameron is on a mission to spread the MUSE method of sustainable, healthy eats elsewhere.
It's even, for this director, tantalizingly political, venturing into dark territory about such utopia - bursting ills as bigotry and authoritarianism.
With such heady aspirations, perhaps The Mosquito Coast will be considered an overreaching parable of the folly of man to think he can ever create a utopia, regardless of how far from civilization one goes.
In such a film culture utopia, Bonnier can continue showing blockbusters and mainstream films packaged in consumer - arrogant forms, hide behind industrial methods, and haul in cash on popcorn — and I won't complain!
Such is the postmodern promise of Todd Haynes's filmography, where pop culture and art - salon style are meant to march arm in arm toward a unibrow utopia of ideological critique.
What can we do as educational and cultural workers, at this crucial moment in history, when corporate revenue expands as the job market shrinks, when there is such a callous disregard for human suffering and human life, when the indomitable human spirit gasps for air in an atmosphere of intellectual paralysis, social amnesia, and political quiescence, when the translucent hues of hope seem ever more ethereal, when thinking about the future seems anachronistic, when the concept of utopia has become irretrievably Disneyfied, when our social roles as citizens have become increasingly corporatized and instrumentalized in a world which hides necessity in the name of consumer desire, when media analyses of military invasions is just another infomercial for the US military industrial complex with its huge global arms industry, and when teachers and students alike wallow in absurdity, waiting for the junkyard of consumer life to vomit up yet another panacea for despair?
Over the last decade, the Edible Schoolyard has transformed the diets of MLK students, helped Berkeley become a center of GSM thinking, and inspired schools such as Sherman, where Jeff Miller is creating another of his GSM utopias.
The strongest element in the gameplay by far is how it links the story with the types of enemies, the combat and challenges that you are presented giving you an idea on how raptures idealic utopia became such a horrible dystopian mess.
And except in some foreseeable utopia, such artists ought to accept, like the aristocrats of haute couture, a status as the willing servants of a self - aware haut monde.
Uncentered, unattached and featuring constantly evolving parameters, these objects were primarily artistic experiments that expressed an earnest belief in the utopian power of art at a precise time when the West's reigning art ideology had definitively abandoned the idea of utopia as such.
His playful work addresses complex social topics, such as the yearning for utopia, the lure of spectacle in mass media, and the impact of Modernism on contemporary values and belief systems.
In her installations she explores utopia and dystopia as inspired by Science Fiction authors such as Don DeLillo, J.G. Ballard, Aldous Huxley, and Philip K. Dick, amongst others.
I've always been interested in landscapes visually and had a passion for reading about fictional spaces such as Utopias.
The participating artists address themes such as memory and self - reflection, social and political issues such as discrimination, racism, the failure of the modern utopia, urban violence and exploitation of the Amazon rain forest.
Jemison's work with Solresol extends her interest in utopia and language, developed in previous works such as I Call This One «Happiness», created for Triple Canopy, and Promise Machine, commissioned by MoMA (both 2015), as well as her interest in translation and the voice.
While blurring the traditional distinction between fiction and reality — and revealing the experience of fiction to be as palpable as anything in daily life — Huyghe's playful work often addresses complex social topics, such as the yearning for utopia, the lure of spectacle in mass media, and the impact of Modernism on contemporary values and belief systems.
Domènec's work is articulated around issues such as the distance between utopias and social reality; speculation about the public dimension of architecture and the ideological precepts that determine it; socio - historical mechanisms and how they are interfered with; and about what conditions memory and oblivion.
For nearly 20 years, the Korean artist Lee Bul has explored the idea of utopia through her art, from her cyborg sculptures of the late 1990s to a series of works inspired by visionary architects of the early 20th century, such as Bruno Taut.
BODY UTOPIA embodies an inclusive feminist point of view and invites questions, such as: what does it mean to represent a disabled body?
Each artist in this exhibition manifests the intangible qualities of social constructs such as borders, belonging, race, and utopia to ignite dialogue, contemplation, intervention, and questioning.
In his talk, Feng will reflect on the current developments and discourses within the Chinese contemporary art field as well as presents his recent curatorial projects such as the Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition in 2016 titled Utopias / Heterotopias.
While notions of utopia are common in popular culture, such as through science fiction novels, films, and television, the concept remains an ideal outside of our reach.
Many dichotomies are suggested, such as permanence and impermanence, stability and instability, utopia and dystopia, reality and illusion.
The exhibition is based on the curatorial premise of selecting artists whose work is characterised by oppositions such as utopia - dystopia; critical - contemplative; segregation - consistency.
The Kabakovs are amongst the most celebrated Russian artists of their generation, widely known for their large - scale installations which draw upon the visual culture of the former Soviet Union and narrative traditions of Russian literature, often addressing universal themes such as utopia, dreams, fears and the human condition.
Bourriaud implicitly pits object - based art practices such as abstract painting — which he associates with the notion of (failed) utopias — against what he calls «microtopia,» a provisional, DIY, relational approach to art.
Since teaming up in 2009, the Korean artists Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho have created a number of multimedia projects for high - profile venues such as Documenta and the Venice Biennale, dealing with utopia and dystopia in a nebular and speculative mode.
Their work often revisit materials from the past, such as a score, a piece of music, a film, a photograph or a performance, wondering about and excavating unrepresented or illegible moments of utopia in history.
If by some stretch of the imagination, a business - as - usual reproduction of green capital actually delivers the solar utopia within the constraints of the MIC, then such a projection is plausible.
However, the creation of such futuristic cosmopolitan utopias are often complex because of variables and variances in development levels, resource availability, technological infrastructure, innovation, cultural systems and issues such as the digital divide.
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