Science Fiction and Political Philosophy

From Bacon to Black Mirror
Herausgeber: McCranor, Timothy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection uses works of science fiction to illustrate and explore the fundamental themes and concepts of political philosophy, including freedom, justice, and the advantages and disadvantages of progress.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781498586436
• ISBN-10: 1498586430
• Artikelnr.: 58018355

Autorenporträt

Steven Michels is associate provost and professor of political science at Sacred Heart University. Timothy McCranor is doctoral student in the Political Science Department at Boston College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Fiction and the Science of Self-Reflection: Francis Bacon's New
Atlantis and the Idols of the Mind 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