Representations of Political Resistance and Emancipation in Science Fiction
Lexington Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 5. November 2020
270 pages
978-1-9787-5615-1 (ISBN)
Description
In a world in which political opportunity and liberation seem far away, the genre of science fiction grows in cultural importance and popularity. The contributors to this collection are political and social theorists from a range of disciplines who use science fiction as inspiration for new theories and examples of speculative politics. In dystopian governments, they find locations and forms of resistance. Representations of Political Resistance and Emancipation in Science Fiction explores a range of political and social theoretical concerns for the twenty-first century. Contributors analyze themes of post-humanism, resistance, agency, political community making, and ethics and politics during the Anthropocene.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 b/w illustrations;
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-5615-1 (9781978756151)
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Judith Grant | Sean Parson
Representations of Political Resistance and Emancipation in Science Fiction
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Persons
Judith Grant is professor in political science at Ohio University.
Sean Parson is associate professor in the department of Politics and International Affairs and the Masters Program in Sustainable Communities at Northern Arizona University.
Sean Parson is associate professor in the department of Politics and International Affairs and the Masters Program in Sustainable Communities at Northern Arizona University.
Content
Introduction: The Future is Unwritten: Political Agency and Radical Change in a Science Fiction"
Judith Grant and Sean Parson
Part I: Collapse and Rebuilding
Chapter One: Dystopia, Apocalypse, and Other Things to Look Forward to: Reading for Radical Hope in the Fiction of Fear
Matthew Cole
Chapter Two: Mirror, Mirror: The Tragic Vision of Star Trek Discovery
Libby Barringer
Chapter Three: Beginning Again: Jericho, Revolution, and Catastrophic Originalism
Ira Allen
Part II: Resistance and Survival
Chapter Four: "We Survived You": Resisting Eugenic Imaginaries through Feminist Speculative Fiction
Jess Whatcott
Chapter Five: Wakanda Forever: Black Panther in Black Political Thought
Deborah Thompson
Chapter Six: A Politics of Drowning: Theorizing Action in the Anthropocene through JG Ballard's The Drowned World
Chase Hobbs-Morgan
Part III: Reconstructing Our World: Space and Place
Chapter Seven: The Ambiguities of Critical Desire: Utopia and Heterotopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossesse
Judith Grant and Sean Parson
Part I: Collapse and Rebuilding
Chapter One: Dystopia, Apocalypse, and Other Things to Look Forward to: Reading for Radical Hope in the Fiction of Fear
Matthew Cole
Chapter Two: Mirror, Mirror: The Tragic Vision of Star Trek Discovery
Libby Barringer
Chapter Three: Beginning Again: Jericho, Revolution, and Catastrophic Originalism
Ira Allen
Part II: Resistance and Survival
Chapter Four: "We Survived You": Resisting Eugenic Imaginaries through Feminist Speculative Fiction
Jess Whatcott
Chapter Five: Wakanda Forever: Black Panther in Black Political Thought
Deborah Thompson
Chapter Six: A Politics of Drowning: Theorizing Action in the Anthropocene through JG Ballard's The Drowned World
Chase Hobbs-Morgan
Part III: Reconstructing Our World: Space and Place
Chapter Seven: The Ambiguities of Critical Desire: Utopia and Heterotopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossesse
