Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism

ISBN-13: 9780367664657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 176 str.

Tom Idema

Opis

This book develops the concept of environmental posthumanism through analyses of acclaimed science fiction novels by Greg Bear, Octavia Butler, Philip K. Dick, and Kim Stanley Robinson, in which the human species suddenly transforms in response to new or changing environments.

Recenzje

"Stages of Transmutation is an example of how interdisciplinarity can instead enrich thought, an increasingly important exercise in light of the social, political, ethical, and environmental challenges we face." - Shelby Brewster, Michigan State University

Spis treści

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Introduction: Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy

2. Infection: Greg Bear’s Darwin’s Radio

3. Disintegration: Jeff Vandermeer’s The Southern Reach

4. Amalgamation: Octavia Butler’s Lilith’s Brood

Coda: Bringing Literature to Life Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Tom Idema is a lecturer in the Department of Comparative Literature at Utrecht University, working at the intersections of literary studies, environmental humanities, and science and technology studies. His work has appeared in edited volumes and journals including Frame, Configurations, Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Biosocieties, and Ecozon@.