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: | 9781349580019 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2013 |
| Author: | Patrick Parrinder |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 222 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Fiction Cultural studies |
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.
Utopian Literature and Science features in the following genres: Literary theory, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Fiction, Cultural studies
Utopian Literature and Science is available in Ebook, Paperback
Utopian Literature and Science was written by Patrick Parrinder and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Utopian Literature and Science has 222 pages