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The philosophy of science fiction film /

The science fiction genre maintains a remarkable hold on the imagination and enthusiasm of the filmgoing public, captivating large audiences worldwide and garnering ever-larger profits. The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film explores the storylines, conflicts, and themes of fifteen science fiction f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sanders, Steven, 1945- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2008]
Colección:Philosophy of popular culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An introduction to the philosophy of science fiction film / Steven M. Sanders
  • Enigmas of identity and agency
  • What is it to be human? : Blade runner and Dark city / Deborah Knight and George McKnight
  • Recalling the self : personal identity in Total recall / Shai Biderman
  • Picturing paranoia : interpreting Invasion of the body snatchers / Steven M. Sanders
  • The existential Fankenstein / Jennifer L. McMahon
  • Extraterrestrial visitation, time travel, and artificial intelligence
  • Technology and ethics in The day the earth stood still / Aeon J. Skoble
  • Some paradoxes of time travel in The terminator and 12 monkeys / William J. Devlin
  • 2001 : a philosophical odyssey / Kevin L. Stoehr
  • Terminator-fear and the paradox of fiction / Jason Holt
  • Brave newer world : science fiction futurism
  • The dialectic of Enlightenment in Metropolis / Jerold J. Abrams
  • Imagining the future, contemplating the past : the screen versions of 1984 / R. Barton Palmer
  • Disenchantment and rebellion in Alphaville / Alan Woolfolk
  • The matrix, the cave, and the cogito / Mark T. Conard.