{"product_id":"science-fiction-and-political-philosophy-9781498586436","title":"Science Fiction and Political Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes called the literature of ideas, science fiction is a natural medium for normative political philosophy. Science fiction's focus on technology, space and time travel, non-human lifeforms, and parallel universes cannot help but invoke the perennial questions of political life, including the nature of a just social order and who should rule; freedom, free will, and autonomy; and the advantages and disadvantages of progress. Rather than offering a reading of a work inspired by a particular thinker or tradition, each chapter presents a careful reading of a classic or contemporary work in the genre (a novel, short story, film, or television series) to illustrate and explore the themes and concepts of political philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Fiction and the Science of Self-Reflection: Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis and the Idols of the Mind Chapter 2: Utopianism and Realism in Shakespeare’s The Tempest Chapter 3: Frankenstein and the Ugliness of Enlightenment, Chapter 4: Technology and Anxiety in Melville’s Lightning-Rod Man Chapter 5: The Head, the Hands, and the Heart: Political Rationalism in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Chapter 6: Technology and Human Nature in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Chapter 7: An Exhortation to Secure Humanity against the Buggers: Ender’s Game Chapter 8: Seeing and Being Seen in the Kingdom of Ends: On Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith, and Star Trek: The Next Generation Chapter 9: Knowledge of Death in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go Chapter 10: Founding a Posthuman Political Order in M. R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts Chapter 11: Bacon, Transhumanism, and Reflections from the Black Mirror","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040848249175,"sku":"9781498586436","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498586436.jpg?v=1750948052","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/science-fiction-and-political-philosophy-9781498586436","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}