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School of Sociology · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
What drives individuals to generate Utopian imaginaries? How are Utopias produced? Can we build a sociological theory of Utopia production? This course investigates these questions through research-based teaching: students will be invited to participate in ongoing research that aims to develop a theory of Utopia production. Drawing on numerous case studies, the course will introduce students to the ways in which the future has been conceived in the West since the sixteenth century. It will explore Utopian hopes and dystopian fears in fiction as well as concrete attempts to realize these projects.
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 35 hours of contact: 24 hours of lectures and 11 hours of workshop and workshop-like activities; and b) 95 hours of independent student research, reading, and writing.
Preliminary Reading Thomas More, Utopia