Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Ranging from Galileo's observations with the telescope to current ideas of the post-human and the human-animal boundary, this study brings a fresh perspective to the paradoxes of utopian thinking since Plato.
| ISBN: | 9781137456786 |
| Publication date: | 11th August 2015 |
| Author: | Parrinder, Patrick |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Ebook |
Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Ranging from Galileo's observations with the telescope to current ideas of the post-human and the human-animal boundary, this study brings a fresh perspective to the paradoxes of utopian thinking since Plato.
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Utopian Literature and Science was written by Parrinder, Patrick and published by Palgrave Macmillan UK
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