Final Frontiers - Science Fiction and Techno-Science in Non-Aligned India

This is the first sustained exploration of the relationship between post-colonial science fiction, Indian techno-scientific policies, and the non-aligned movement. It shows the critical role played by the science fiction genre in imagining alternative pathways for scientific and geo-political developments to those that dominate our lives now.

About the author

Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee is Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick.

Summary

This is the first sustained exploration of therelationship between post-colonial science fiction, Indian techno-scientificpolicies, and the non-aligned movement. It shows the critical role played bythe science fiction genre in imagining alternative pathways for scientific and geo-politicaldevelopments to those that dominate our lives now.

Product details

• Authors: Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781789620283
• ISBN: 978-1-78962-028-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies; Liverpool Science Fiction Text
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)