Discuss
Your ideal day.
Your ideal night.
Your ideal job.
Your ideal you.
Your ideal love life.
Pessimistic or optimistic?
cheering, comforting, cynical, nihilist, nihilistic, desperate,
discouraging, disheartening, inauspicious, unlikely, unpromising, bleak,
cheerless, idealist, romantic, utopian, visionary
cheerful, cheery, chipper, sunny, fatalistic, hopeful,
optimistic, Panglossian, Pollyanna, Pollyannaish (also Pollyannish),
rose-colored, rosy, upbeat, comfortless, depressing, desolate, positive dismal,
dreary, funereal, gloomy, morose, saturnine, sepulchral, somber (or sombre),
sullen, grim, contrary, reassuring, favorable, hostile, negative, auspicious,
bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, likely, promising, propitious
listen from 20.11 - 20.56
1. Would you describe Alain's comments on compromise in love optimistic or pessimistic?
listen from 20.56 - 22.00
2. What is Kierkegaard - an optimist, a pessimist, a realist or a nihilist?
14.58 - 18.28
3. Watch the speech and discuss it.
ABOUT WE’RE DOOMED. NOW WHAT?
An American Orwell for the age of Trump, Roy Scranton faces the unpleasant facts of our day with fierce insight and honesty. We’re Doomed. Now What?penetrates to the very heart of our time.
Our moment is one of alarming and bewildering change—the breakup of the post-1945 global order, a multispecies mass extinction, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Not one of us is innocent, not one of us is safe. Now what?
Our moment is one of alarming and bewildering change—the breakup of the post-1945 global order, a multispecies mass extinction, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Not one of us is innocent, not one of us is safe. Now what?
Listen from 7.26 - 8.56
1. What can religion and spirituality teach us about solving the biggest threat to human survival?
Discuss the quote below:
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200 Countries 200 Years
Language Focus
Have you ever imagined an ideal world? The genre of dystopia – the ‘not good place’– has captured the imaginations of artists and audiences alike for centuries. But why do we bother with all this pessimism? Alex Gendler explains how dystopias act as cautionary tales – not about some particular government or technology, but the very idea that humanity can be molded into an ideal shape.
Link:
How to recognize a dystopia
Check you know the answers to these questions.
Who ruled Plato's Republic?
Who coined the word "Utopia"?
What is one of the earliest examples of dystopian literature? Which groups of society did the book satirise?
What keeps people happy in Brave New World?
What were the two common promises of modern utopian political movements?
Which novel influenced the novel 1984?
What is the movie Dr Strangelove about?
What does The Handmaid's Tale warn us about?
What anxieties have more recent dystopian fictions explored?
What do dystopian visions all have in common apart from pessimism?
If you’ve watched the news or followed politics, chances are you’ve heard the term Orwellian thrown around in one context or another. But have you ever stopped to think about what it really means, or why it’s used so often? Noah Tavlin dissects the term.
Watch and takes notes. The share your understanding with a partner using the video with the sound off.
Link:
What "Orwellian" really means
What does it say in general about the word "orwellian"? It's common use.
What do you learn about Orwell's life?
What did Orwell believe about language?
What is Orwellian language?
What happens at the ministries of love, truth, peace etc?
What are joy camps?
What is newspeak?
What are thought crimes?
Why is the word "orwellian"n sometimes itself an "orwellian" word?
The term Kafkaesque has entered the vernacular to describe unnecessarily complicated and frustrating experiences, especially with bureaucracy. But does standing in a long line to fill out confusing paperwork really capture the richness of Kafka’s vision? Beyond the word’s casual use, what makes something "Kafkaesque"?
Before watching
Who is Poseidon?
Do you ever feel that life is absurd?
Have you ever been to Prague?
Have you ever had bad experiences with bureaucracy?
Have you ever worked in bureaucracy?
What are bureaucrats like? Write down some adjectives - positive and negative...
Link:
What makes something "Kafkaesque"?
25 question Kahoot
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t-ll-ng (adj)
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