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Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism: Beyond the Golden Rule de E. Gomel

Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism: Beyond the Golden Rule

Autor E. Gomel
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Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism offers a typology of alien encounters and addresses a range of texts including classic novels of alien encounter by H.G. Wells and Robert Heinlein; recent blockbusters by Greg Bear, Octavia Butler and Sheri Tepper; and experimental science fiction by Peter Watts and Housuke Nojiri.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781349474530
ISBN-10: 1349474533
Pagini: 232
Ilustrații: XI, 232 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2014
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Why Do We Need Aliens? PART I: CONFRONTATION 1. 'The Force That Gives Us Meaning': Alien Invasion and Search for Redemption 2. Idylls of the Same: Soviet SF, Cosmic Humanism, and Escape from History PART II: ASSIMILATION 3. The Contagion of Posthumanity: Alien Infestation and the Paradox of Subjectivity 4. Human Skins, Alien Masks: Allegories of Postcolonial Guilt PART III: TRANSFORMATION 5. The Human Trinity: What Makes Us Other? 6. Stanislaw Lem and the Holocaust of Humanism Conclusion Bibliography Index

Recenzii

"Provocative, forcefully written, and methodical in approach, Gomel's study of alien encounters is both an important work of science fiction criticism and a timely intervention in cultural theory." Patrick Parrinder, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Reading, UK
"As [Gomel] indicates, 'It is the greatness of good science fiction that it makes one think rather than emote and that it respects the reader's capacity to buckle the book's argument and to come up with alternatives of his/her own' (ix). The greatness of
Gomel's book is that it does the same, inviting us to leave the shackles of our vainglorious humanism behind. The book belongs on the shelf of universities and colleges that have programs focusing on either SF or ethics and would be quite at home in public libraries that are building a collection of SF critical texts." Kevin Pinkham, SFRA Review

Notă biografică

Elana Gomel is an Associate Professor at the Department of English and American Studies at Tel-Aviv University, Israel. She is the author of four books and numerous articles on subjects ranging from postmodernism, narrative theory, and science fiction to Dickens and Victorian culture.