Ethics for the Future Perspectives from 21st Century Fiction

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 den Autor / die Autorin

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.

Bericht

Besprochen in:
mediendiskurs, 109 (2024), Lothar Mikos

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephanie Bender
• Verlag: Transcript
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.08.2023
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
• EAN: 9783837668209
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-6820-9
• Anzahl Seiten: 318
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 18.8 x 2.2 x 20 cm
• Gewicht (Verpackung): 495 g
• Serie: Edition Kulturwissenschaft > 288; Edition Kulturwissenschaft 288 > 288
• Themen: Film, Film, Kino, Medienwissenschaften, Literature, Literary Studies, British Studies, Ethics, American Studies, Future, Novels