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Beyond tomorrow : German science fiction and utopian thought in the 20th and 21st centuries /
Shows German Science Fiction's connections with utopian thought, and how it attempts Zukunftsbewältigung: coping with an uncertain but also unwritten future.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Rochester, New York :
Camden House,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Note on the Translations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Great Discourse on the Future; Utopians and Utopian Thought; Futurists and Futures Studies; Utopian/Dystopian Writers and Utopian/Dystopian Fiction; Science Fiction: The Nexus of Utopianism, Futurism, and Utopian Fiction; Part II. German Science Fiction in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries; Some Preliminary Thoughts on German Science Fiction; First Contact: Martians, Sentient Plants, and Swarm Intelligences; The Shock of the New: Mega Cities, Machines, and Rockets; Utopian Experiments: Island Idylls, Glass Beads, and Eugenic Nightmares; To the Stars!: Cosmic Supermen and Bauhaus in Space; Visions of the End: Catastrophism and Moral Entropy; Virtual Realities: Caught in the Matrix; Alternative Histories: Into the Heart of Darkness; Big Brother is Watching Us: Who is Watching Big Brother?; Artificial Intelligences: The Rise of the Thinking Machines; Eternal Life: At What Cost?; Social Satires: Of Empty Slogans and Empty Hearts; Critical Posthumanism: Twilight of the Species or a New Dawn?; High Concept: Time, the Universe, and Everything; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Chronological List of German SF Novels-A Selection; Appendix 2: Chronological List of German SF Films-A Selection; Notes; Bibliography; Index