Kimberly Hurd Hale

The Politics of Perfection

Technology and Creation in Literature and Film

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the relationship between modern technological progress and classical liberalism. The compatibility of classical liberalism and technology is questioned, using fiction and film as a window into Western society's views on politics, economics, religion, technology, and the family.

Produktdetails

• Politics, Literature, & Film
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 397g
• ISBN-13: 9781498509923
• ISBN-10: 1498509924
• Artikelnr.: 45373843

Autorenporträt

Kimberly Hurd Hale is assistant professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Perfecting the Human Chapter Two: The City Divided: Fritz
Lang's Metropolis Chapter Three: Of Gods and Robots: Ridley Scott's
Prometheus Chapter Four: The Politics of Remembering: Michael Gondry's
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Chapter Five: The Price of
Immortality: Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and Natural Rights in a
Cloned World Chapter Six: Shiny People, Happy People: Saving the World from
Mankind in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake