Science Fiction and Posthumanism in the Anthropocene - Hay, Jonathan
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"A deep dive into the similarities between science fiction studies and critical posthumanism, this book establishes a common theoretical ground between the two fields upon which currents of future-oriented thought can meet and begin to share a common language. An investigation into the everyday condition of humanity in relation to technology and our perilous situation in the Anthropocene, the book features case studies of sci-fi authors Isaac Asimov, Ursula K. Le Guin and Kim Stanley Robinson, Doctor Who, and the videogame Outer Wilds. Formulating a new critical paradigm which recognises the…mehr

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"A deep dive into the similarities between science fiction studies and critical posthumanism, this book establishes a common theoretical ground between the two fields upon which currents of future-oriented thought can meet and begin to share a common language. An investigation into the everyday condition of humanity in relation to technology and our perilous situation in the Anthropocene, the book features case studies of sci-fi authors Isaac Asimov, Ursula K. Le Guin and Kim Stanley Robinson, Doctor Who, and the videogame Outer Wilds. Formulating a new critical paradigm which recognises the value of such works to posthumanist thought, it demonstrates that urgent discourses around our shared future are more imperative than ever"--
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Autorenporträt
Dr. Jonathan Hay is Lecturer in English Literature and Data Science, University of Chester, UK. An Environmental Humanities researcher, they have guest edited two issues of the Science Fiction journal Hélice on speculative landscapes and are Book Reviews Editor at Journal of Posthumanism. They are also co-editor of Talking Bodies Volume II: Bodily Languages, Selfhood and Transgression (2020).