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The world today seems to be slipping into a science fiction future. We have phones that speak to us, cars that drive themselves, and connected devices that communicate with each other in languages we don't understand. Depending the news of the day, we inhabit either a technological utopia or Brave New World nightmare. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge surveys the uses of science fiction. It focuses on what is at the core of all definitions of science fiction: a vision of the world made otherwise and what possibilities might flow from such otherness.
The world today seems to be slipping into a science fiction future. We have phones that speak to us, cars that drive themselves, and connected devices that communicate with each other in languages we don't understand. Depending the news of the day, we inhabit either a technological utopia or Brave New World nightmare. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge surveys the uses of science fiction. It focuses on what is at the core of all definitions of science fiction: a vision of the world made otherwise and what possibilities might flow from such otherness.
1 Introduction: Whose Science Fiction? 1
2 Th e Utopian Tradition 19
3 Futurology and Speculative Design 37
4 Th e Colonial Imagination 57
5 Robots, AI, and Transhumanism 75
6 Genomics, the Microbiome, and Posthumanism 97
7 Environment, Climate Change, and the
Anthropocene 117
8 Economics and Financialization 137
9 Conclusion: Living in a Science- Fictional World 155
Acknowledgments 171
Glossary 173
Notes 177
Further Reading 193
Index 197
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Allgemeine Lexika, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Literaturwissenschaft |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780262539999 |
| ISBN-10: | 0262539993 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Vint, Sherryl |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Random House LLC |
| Maße: | 177 x 132 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Sherryl Vint |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.02.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,2 kg |
1 Introduction: Whose Science Fiction? 1
2 Th e Utopian Tradition 19
3 Futurology and Speculative Design 37
4 Th e Colonial Imagination 57
5 Robots, AI, and Transhumanism 75
6 Genomics, the Microbiome, and Posthumanism 97
7 Environment, Climate Change, and the
Anthropocene 117
8 Economics and Financialization 137
9 Conclusion: Living in a Science- Fictional World 155
Acknowledgments 171
Glossary 173
Notes 177
Further Reading 193
Index 197
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Allgemeine Lexika, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Literaturwissenschaft |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780262539999 |
| ISBN-10: | 0262539993 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Vint, Sherryl |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Random House LLC |
| Maße: | 177 x 132 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Sherryl Vint |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.02.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,2 kg |
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