{"product_id":"g-k-chesterton-thinking-backward-looking-forward-9781599471044","title":"G. K. Chesterton: Thinking Backward, Looking","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this book, Stephen R. L. Clark, a philosopher with a lifelong \"addiction\" to science fiction, explores G. K. Chesterton's ideas and arguments in their historical context and evaluates them philosophically. He addresses Chesterton's sense that the way things are is not how they must have been or need be in the future and his willingness to face up to the apparent effects of the nihilism he detected in the science and politics of his day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Clark offers a detailed study of some of Chesterton's works that have been identified by science fiction writers and critics as seminal influences. He attempts to deal with some of Chesterton's theories that have been found offensive or \"positively wicked\" by later writers and critics, including his arguments against female suffrage and in praise of war, his medievalist leanings, and his contemptuous rejection of the Darwinian evolutionary theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface \/ ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \/ 3\u003cbr\u003e Part I: What’s Wrong with Science Fiction? \/ 9\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Case against Science Fiction \/ 11\u003cbr\u003e 2. In Defense of Science Fiction \/ 18\u003cbr\u003e Part II: The Texts \/ 39\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Napoleon of Notting Hill \/ 41\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Man Who Was Thursday \/ 50\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Ball and the Cross \/ 55\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Flying Inn \/ 65\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Distributist Rebellion \/ 73\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Return of Don Quixote \/ 76\u003cbr\u003e Part III: The Themes \/ 83\u003cbr\u003e 9. Nationalists and Jews \/ 85\u003cbr\u003e 10. Women and Men \/ 97\u003cbr\u003e 11. Medievalism, War, and Men’s Ideals \/ 104\u003cbr\u003e 12. Distributism and Anarchy \/ 115\u003cbr\u003e 13. Darwinism, Scientific and Social \/ 124\u003cbr\u003e 14. Animals and the Royal Animal \/ 144\u003cbr\u003e 15. Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Virtue \/ 161\u003cbr\u003e 16. Miracles and Religion \/ 174\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Thinking Backward \/ 187\u003cbr\u003e Notes \/ 201\u003cbr\u003e Index \/ 241","brand":"Templeton Foundation Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041580286295,"sku":"9781599471044","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781599471044.jpg?v=1750950869","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/g-k-chesterton-thinking-backward-looking-forward-9781599471044","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}