Ethics for the Future - Perspectives from 21st Century Fiction
Verlag | transcript |
Auflage | 2023 |
Seiten | 318 |
Format | 18,8 x 2,2 x 20,0 cm |
Gewicht | 495 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Edition Kulturwissenschaft 288 |
ISBN-10 | 3837668207 |
EAN | 9783837668209 |
Bestell-Nr | 83766820A |
A compelling case for considering popular films and novels as sites of an ethics confronting the ecological catastrophe, digitalisation and biotechnology.
Which of the possible futures might be a good future, and how do we know? Stephanie Bender looks at contemporary films and novels to address major ethical challenges of the future: the ecological catastrophe, digitalisation and biotechnology. She proposes that fiction and its modes of aesthetic simulation and emotional engagement offer a different way of knowing and judging possible futures. From a critical posthumanist angle, she discusses works ranging from Don DeLillo's Zero K (2017) and Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy (2003-2013) to Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140 as well as Avatar (2009), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017) among many others.
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