Ethics for the Future

Stephanie Bender

ISBN 10: 3837668207 / ISBN 13: 9783837668209

Verlag: Transcript Verlag Jun 2023, 2023

Beschreibung

Neuware -Which of the possible futures might be a good future, and how do we know Stephanie Bender looks at contemporary films and novels to address major ethical challenges of the future: the ecological catastrophe, digitalisation and biotechnology. She proposes that fiction and its modes of aesthetic simulation and emotional engagement offer a different way of knowing and judging possible futures. From a critical posthumanist angle, she discusses works ranging from Don DeLillo's Zero K (2017) and Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy (2003-2013) to Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140 as well as Avatar (2009), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017) among many others. 318 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783837668209

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Ethics for the Future
• Verlag: Transcript Verlag Jun 2023
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3837668207
• ISBN-13: 9783837668209
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 223B x 145 H x 22 T Millimeter Breite: 223 mm, Höhe: 145 mm, Tiefe: 22 mm
• Gewicht: 492 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Which of the possible futures might be a good future, and how do we know? Stephanie Bender looks at contemporary films and novels to address major ethical challenges of the future: the ecological catastrophe, digitalisation and biotechnology. She proposes that fiction and its modes of aesthetic simulation and emotional engagement offer a different way of knowing and judging possible futures. From a critical posthumanist angle, she discusses works ranging from Don DeLillo's Zero K (2017) and Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy (2003-2013) to Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140 as well as Avatar (2009), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017) among many others.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Stephanie Bender gained her doctorate in English literary and cultural studies, and teaches courses at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. She turns theory into practice on the fields of Community Supported Agriculture as the degrowth future of sustainable food production.