Ethical futures and global science fiction / Zachary Kendal, Aisling Smith, Giulia Champion, Andrew Milner, editors.
"Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction explores the ethical concerns and dimensions of representations of the future of global science fiction, focusing on the issues that dominate utopian, dystopian and science fiction literature. The essays examine recent visions of the future in science...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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| Series: | Studies in global science fiction.
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2020 English/International |
| Summary: | "Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction explores the ethical concerns and dimensions of representations of the future of global science fiction, focusing on the issues that dominate utopian, dystopian and science fiction literature. The essays examine recent visions of the future in science fiction and re-examine earlier texts through contemporary lenses. Across fourteen chapters, the collection considers authors from Algeria, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Macedonia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the UK and USA. The volume delves into a range of ethical questions of immediate contemporary relevance, including environmental ethics, postcolonial ethics, social justice, animal ethics and the ethics of alterity. "--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 335 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3030278921 9783030278922 303027893X 9783030278939 |