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Science Fiction and Political Philosophy
From Bacon to Black Mirror
Science Fiction and Political Philosophy
From Bacon to Black Mirror
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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.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2: Utopianism and Realism in Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Chapter 3: Frankenstein and the Ugliness of Enlightenment,
Chapter 4: Technology and Anxiety in Melville’s Lightning-Rod Man
Chapter 5: The Head, the Hands, and the Heart: Political Rationalism in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis
Chapter 6: Technology and Human Nature in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
Chapter 7: An Exhortation to Secure Humanity against the Buggers: Ender’s Game
Chapter 8: Seeing and Being Seen in the Kingdom of Ends: On Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith, and Star Trek: The Next Generation
Chapter 9: Knowledge of Death in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go
Chapter 10: Founding a Posthuman Political Order in M. R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts
Chapter 11: Bacon, Transhumanism, and Reflections from the Black Mirror
Product details
| Published | Feb 14 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 250 |
| ISBN | 9781498586443 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Series | Politics, Literature, & Film |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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