After human : a critical history of the human in science fiction from Shelley to Le Guin /
This study offers a critical history of the 'human' in science fiction. By examining a range of SF works from 1818 to the 1970's, it seeks to answer some key questions. What role does technology play in defining what it means to be, or not to be, human? How do these writers understand...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ;
69. |
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| Summary: | This study offers a critical history of the 'human' in science fiction. By examining a range of SF works from 1818 to the 1970's, it seeks to answer some key questions. What role does technology play in defining what it means to be, or not to be, human? How do these writers understand the relationship between humanity and the rest of nature? And how can we use science fiction to reexamine our ethical position towards the non-human world and move to more egalitarian understandings of the human subject? |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 227 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1800348169 9781800348165 |