UTOPIAN VS. DYSTOPIAN SOCIETIES
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Vestavia Hills Civic Center 1975 Merryvale Road , City of Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216
OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents Utopian Versus Dystopian Societies, with instructor Sharol Jacobson, Ph.D., Department of Compliance, The University of Alabama. Utopias - perfect societies - have been described or attempted for over 2400 years, and America has been home to more utopian efforts than any other country. Dystopias - visions of societies gone radically wrong - are a newer development, only about a century old. This course will draw from philosophy, politics, religion, economics, feminism, ecology and science to describe the growth of utopian thought, the development of utopian societies in American history, and the rise of dystopian thought and art in modern society.