E-Book, Englisch, Band 288, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm
Reihe: Edition Kulturwissenschaft
Bender Ethics for the Future
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-8394-6820-3
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
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Perspectives from 21st Century Fiction
E-Book, Englisch, Band 288, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm
Reihe: Edition Kulturwissenschaft
ISBN: 978-3-8394-6820-3
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.