Hauntology & Dystopia Episode 1: 'Noah's Castle' & 'Survivors'. Hauntology is a range of ideas referring to the return or persistence of elements from the social or cultural past, as in the manner of a ghost. It has been invoked in fields such as visual arts, philosophy, electronic music, fiction, cinema, television, and architecture. In the 2000s, the term was taken up by critics in reference to paradoxes found in postmodernity, particularly contemporary culture's persistent recycling of retro aesthetics and incapacity to escape old social forms. Writers such as Mark Fisher and Simon Reynolds used the term to describe a musical aesthetic preoccupied with this temporal disjunction and the nostalgia for 'lost futures'. So-called 'hauntological' musicians are described as exploring ideas related to temporal disjunction, retro-futurism, cultural memory, and the persistence of the past. A dystopia is a speculated community or society that is undesirable or frightening. Dystopias are often characterized by rampant fear or distress, tyrannical governments, environmental disaster, or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society. Distinct themes typical of a dystopian society include: complete control over the people through the usage of propaganda, heavy censoring of information or denial of free thought, worshipping an unattainable goal, the complete loss of individuality, and heavy enforcement of conformity. The best known by far is George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. Other famous examples are Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World', and Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'. Some authors use the term to refer to existing societies, many of which are, or have been, totalitarian states or societies in an advanced state of collapse. Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, often make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system. Much more content available at http://www.legalise-freedom.com Get full access by subscribing to Legalise Freedom here: https://legalise-freedom.com/register/annual-membership/ Or buy me a coffee / make a donation here: http://legalise-freedom.com/make-a-donation/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LegaliseFreedom TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LegaliseFreedom Bumper music: Dynatron 'Stars of the Night' Cliff Martinez 'Traffic OST' ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDefzTTQFuk

To say that '9/11 changed everything' is certainly a cliché, but it's also true that following the fateful events of September 11th 2001, the world has never really been the same. The World Trade Center attacks were not only an assault on life and property, they delivered a punishing blow to the collective human psyche from which, one could argue, we have yet to fully recover. For those who lived through 9/11 and its aftermath, the events of 2020 offer eerie echoes of the past. Although in many respects very different from a series of swift, surgical terrorist strikes, the onset of COVID-19 and the ensuing global crisis is nonetheless playing out in ways which are all-too-familiar to observers of the dark underbelly of human affairs. In 'COVID-19: A Warning From History', we will consider what the lessons of the past might tell us about the possible shape of the future. Legalise Freedom is hosted by UK writer and journalist Greg Moffitt and features interviews with some of the World’s foremost alternative thinkers and researchers. An archive of 300+ shows is available to stream or download here: http://www.legalise-freedom.com If you find this content interesting, please consider subscribing to Legalise Freedom here: https://legalise-freedom.com/register/annual-membership/ Or make a donation here: http://legalise-freedom.com/make-a-donation/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LegaliseFreedom TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LegaliseFreedom Bumper music: Cliff Martinez 'Traffic OST' John Carpenter ‘Escape From New York OST' ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpp2CZmahTA