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| Title | Politics, literature, & film. — Science fiction and political philosophy: from Bacon to Black Mirror |
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| Other creators | McCranor Timothy ; Michels Steven ; Dolgoy Erin A., ; Hale Kimberly Hurd ; Wilford Paul ; Anderson Nicholas ; Black Jeff J. S., ; Craig Tobin L., ; Picariello Damien K., ; Bagchi Nivedita ; Sottosanti Danielle ; Kapust Daniel J., ; Hunt Constance C. T., ; Whitney David N., |
| Collection | Электронные книги зарубежных издательств ; Общая коллекция |
| Subjects | Science fiction — History and criticism. ; Politics in literature. ; Politics in motion pictures. ; Politics on television. ; Political science — Philosophy. ; Science fiction. ; EBSCO eBooks |
| Document type | Other |
| Language | English |
| Rights | Доступ по паролю из сети Интернет (чтение, печать, копирование) |
| Record key | on1146577687 |
| Record create date | 3/24/2020 |
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"Sometimes called the "literature of ideas," science fiction is a natural medium for normative political philosophy. Science fiction's focus on technology, space and time travel, non-human lifeforms, and parallel universes cannot help but invoke the perennial questions of political life, including the nature of a just social order and who should rule; freedom, free will, and autonomy; and the advantages and disadvantages of progress. Rather than offering a reading of a work inspired by a particular thinker or tradition, each chapter presents a careful reading of a classic or contemporary work in the genre (a novel, short story, film, or television series) to illustrate and explore the themes and concepts of political philosophy."--publisher description.
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- Contents
- An Introduction to Science Fiction and Political Philosophy
- 1 Fiction and the Science of Self-Reflection
- 2 Utopianism and Realism in Shakespeare’s The Tempest
- 3 Frankenstein and the Ugliness of Enlightenment
- 4 Technology and Anxiety in Melville’s “Lightning-Rod Man”
- 5 The Head, the Hands, and the Heart
- 6 Technology and Human Nature in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
- 7 An Exhortation to Secure Humanity against the Buggers
- 8 Seeing and Being Seen in the Kingdom of Ends
- 9 Knowledge of Death in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go
- 10 Founding a Posthuman Political Order in M. R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts
- 11 Bacon, Transhumanism, and Reflections from the Black Mirror
- Index
- About the Contributors
