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Science Fiction and Political Philosophy
From Bacon to Black MirrorPolitics, Literature, & Film
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36,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 14.02.2020 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781498586443 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 250 |
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<span>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.</span>
<span>This edited collection uses works of science fiction to illustrate and explore the fundamental themes and concepts of political philosophy, including freedom, justice, and the advantages and disadvantages of progress.</span>
<p><span>Chapter 1</span><a></a><span>: Fiction and the Science of Self-Reflection: Francis Bacon’s </span><span>New Atlantis</span><span> and the Idols of the Mind</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2: Utopianism and Realism in Shakespeare’s </span><span>The Tempest</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3: </span><span>Frankenstein </span><span>and the Ugliness of Enlightenment,</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4: Technology and Anxiety in Melville’s </span><span>Lightning-Rod Man</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5: The Head, the Hands, and the Heart: Political Rationalism in Fritz Lang’s </span><span>Metropolis</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6: Technology and Human Nature in Aldous Huxley’s </span><span>Brave New World</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 7: An Exhortation to Secure Humanity against the Buggers: </span><span>Ender’s Game</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 8: Seeing and Being Seen in the Kingdom of Ends: On Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith, and </span><span>Star Trek: The Next Generation</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 9: Knowledge of Death in Kazuo Ishiguro’s </span><span>Never Let Me Go</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 10: </span><span>Founding a Posthuman Political Order in M. R. Carey's </span><span>The Girl with All the Gifts</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 11: Bacon, Transhumanism, and Reflections from the Black Mirror </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2: Utopianism and Realism in Shakespeare’s </span><span>The Tempest</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3: </span><span>Frankenstein </span><span>and the Ugliness of Enlightenment,</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4: Technology and Anxiety in Melville’s </span><span>Lightning-Rod Man</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5: The Head, the Hands, and the Heart: Political Rationalism in Fritz Lang’s </span><span>Metropolis</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6: Technology and Human Nature in Aldous Huxley’s </span><span>Brave New World</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 7: An Exhortation to Secure Humanity against the Buggers: </span><span>Ender’s Game</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 8: Seeing and Being Seen in the Kingdom of Ends: On Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith, and </span><span>Star Trek: The Next Generation</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 9: Knowledge of Death in Kazuo Ishiguro’s </span><span>Never Let Me Go</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 10: </span><span>Founding a Posthuman Political Order in M. R. Carey's </span><span>The Girl with All the Gifts</span><br><br></p>
<p><span>Chapter 11: Bacon, Transhumanism, and Reflections from the Black Mirror </span></p>
<span>Steven Michels</span>
<span> is associate provost and professor of political science at Sacred Heart University.</span>
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<p><span>Timothy McCranor </span><span>is doctoral student in the Political Science Department at Boston College.</span></p>
<span> is associate provost and professor of political science at Sacred Heart University.</span>
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<p><span>Timothy McCranor </span><span>is doctoral student in the Political Science Department at Boston College.</span></p>
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