Philosophy and Science Fiction
Editat de Michael Philips, Michael Phillipsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 1984
Selections are grouped under four main themes. Part 1, "Human Nature and Reality," concentrates on whether there is an intrinsic difference between males and females. Here the authors inspect opposing views on five related questions: What does it mean to be human? What are women and men really like? How significant is the reproductive difference? How do we define the concepts of "woman" and "nature"? Why is language important?
Part 2, "Dystopias: The Worst of All Possible Worlds," first portrays misogynistic societies uncomfortably familiar to the early 21st-century reader. Chilling stories of future possibilities follow, including worlds where women and men separate into armies to fight a literal war of the sexes.
Part 3, "Separatist Utopias: Worlds of Difference," assembles stories that scrutinize both the virtues and vices of separatism, in order to address the questions Why should women want to separate from men? and What would and should these all-female worlds be like?
In Part 4, "Androgynous Utopias: Worlds of Equality," the authors create intriguing worlds that anticipate the consequences, good and bad, of perfect sexual equality in education, intelligence, capability, and reproduction.
With selections from such noted writers as Octavia Butler, Marion Zimmer Bradley, James Tiptree Jr., and many others, plus chapter introductions, discussion questions, and recommended reading list, this stimulating collection offers fresh insights on troubling issues by weaving controversial utopian and dystopian designs from the separate threads of opposing positions.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780879752484
ISBN-10: 0879752483
Pagini: 389
Dimensiuni: 136 x 213 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Prometheus Books
ISBN-10: 0879752483
Pagini: 389
Dimensiuni: 136 x 213 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Prometheus Books
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Edited by Michael Phillips