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Science Fiction and Political Philosophy
From Bacon to Black Mirror
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2020
Summary
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.
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-8643-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-8644-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
241
Product type
Edited Book
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An Introduction to Science Fiction and Political Philosophy No access Pages 1 - 14
1 Fiction and the Science of Self-Reflection No access Pages 15 - 36
2 Utopianism and Realism in Shakespeare’s The Tempest No access Pages 37 - 62
3 Frankenstein and the Ugliness of Enlightenment No access Pages 63 - 86
4 Technology and Anxiety in Melville’s “Lightning-Rod Man” No access Pages 87 - 100
5 The Head, the Hands, and the Heart No access Pages 101 - 120
6 Technology and Human Nature in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World No access Pages 121 - 138
7 An Exhortation to Secure Humanity against the Buggers No access Pages 139 - 156
8 Seeing and Being Seen in the Kingdom of Ends No access Pages 157 - 174
9 Knowledge of Death in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go No access Pages 175 - 190
10 Founding a Posthuman Political Order in M. R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts No access Pages 191 - 210
11 Bacon, Transhumanism, and Reflections from the Black Mirror No access Pages 211 - 230
