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.

About the author

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.

Report

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

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Bender
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2023
• EAN: 9783837668209
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-6820-9
• No. of pages: 318
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 22 mm x 200 mm
• Weight: 495 g
• Illustrations: Dispersionsbindung
• Series: Edition Kulturwissenschaft; Edition Kulturwissenschaft 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Film, Film, Kino, Medienwissenschaften, Literature, Literary Studies, British Studies, Ethics, American Studies, Future, Novels