Produktinformationen "Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction"
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.
ISBN: | 9783030278922 |
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Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
Auflage: | 1 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 335 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Herausgeber: | Champion, Giulia Kendal, Zachary Milner, Andrew Smith, Aisling |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.01.2020 |
Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
Schlagworte: | bioethics dystopian literature ecocriticism environmental ethics non-Anglophone literature postcolonial ethics science fiction utopian literature |