Ethics for the Future (eBook)

Perspectives from 21st Century Fiction

Stephanie Bender (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2023
318 Seiten
Transcript Verlag
978-3-8394-6820-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Edition Kulturwissenschaft
• Reihe/Serie: Edition Kulturwissenschaft
• Zusatzinfo: Dispersionsbindung
• Verlagsort: Bielefeld
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 21st Century • American Studies • British Studies • ethics • Film • Literary Studies • Literature • Novels
• ISBN-10: 3-8394-6820-5 / 3839468205
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8394-6820-3 / 9783839468203