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Peer reviewedDunn, Thomas P.; Erlich, Richard D. – Journal of General Education, 1981
Uses the metaphor of the beehive as a well-ordered, each-in-his-own-niche society to represent the outcome of utopian thinking. Cites twentieth-century dystopia films and literature as explicit criticisms of overreliance on planning and technology. Examines "Star Wars,""Clockwork Orange," and the works of Huxley, Forster,…
Descriptors: Automation, Fantasy, Films, Futures (of Society)
