europeanisation

This essay will examine the centralization theory that is considered a norm in politics and compare it to the decentralized society of Anarres in “The Dispossessed”. I will especially look at the way that societies differ across the political spectrum and not just between the worlds of Urras and Anarres. I will also examine the role that technology plays in politics today, and the way that technology is deep-rooted in our society. With this point, I will not alone look at “The Dispossessed” but also Winners “The whale and the reactor” to compare the almost similar roles that technology plays in them.
In the book “The dispossessed” Anarres is in theory a society without government or coercive authoritarian institutions, and the people of Anarres are explicitly anarchist. Even though this is the way it is perceived to be in pursuing research that deviates from his society's current consensus understanding of the theoretical ideology that defines a true and Shevek then too begins to come up against very real obstacles. Shevek gradually develops an understanding that the revolution which brought his world into being is stagnating, and power (governmental and centralized) structures are beginning to exist where there were none before. He therefore he then embarks on the risky and highly controversial journey to the home planet, Urras, looking to try and find a compromise/way to return the worlds and to finish his General Temporal Theory with the help of academics on Urras. The novel details his struggles on both Urras and his home world of Anarres. There is a question whether or not, the government, is using Shevek, just for his knowledge and this is in volition of the utopian society. No one uses knowledge to benefit themselves, but to benefit society as a whole. This is where Shevek begins to question the true purpose of the governments intentions and whether or not he is going against his believes for the state or not. When looking at the way that we now view