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Science fiction, alien encounters, and the ethics of posthumanism = beyond the golden rule /

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Title/Author:	Science fiction, alien encounters, and the ethics of posthumanism/ Elana Gomel.
Reminder of title:	beyond the golden rule /
Author:	Gomel, Elana.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan : : 2014.,
Description:	248 p.
Notes:	Electronic book text.
Subject:	Human-alien encounters in literature. -
Online resource:	Online journal 'available contents' page
ISBN:	1137367636 (electronic bk.) :

Science fiction, alien encounters, and the ethics of posthumanism = beyond the golden rule /
Gomel, Elana.

Science fiction, alien encounters, and the ethics of posthumanismbeyond the golden rule /[electronic resource] :Elana Gomel. - 1st ed. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan :2014. - 248 p.

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Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Why Do We Need Aliens? PART I: CONFRONTATION 1. 'The Force That Gives Us Meaning': Alien Invasion and Search for Redemption 2. Idylls of the Same: Soviet SF, Cosmic Humanism, and Escape from History PART II: ASSIMILATION 3. The Contagion of Posthumanity: Alien Infestation and the Paradox of Subjectivity 4. Human Skins, Alien Masks: Allegories of Postcolonial Guilt PART III: TRANSFORMATION 5. The Human Trinity: What Makes Us Other? 6. Stanislaw Lem and the Holocaust of Humanism Conclusion Bibliography Index.

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Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism offers a typology of alien encounters and addresses a range of texts including classic novels of alien encounter by H.G. Wells and Robert Heinlein; recent blockbusters by Greg Bear, Octavia Butler and Sheri Tepper; and experimental science fiction by Peter Watts and Housuke Nojiri.This book brings together two important cultural trends: alien encounters and posthumanism. By considering scenarios of encounters with intelligent aliens in literary science fiction, Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism argues that the ethics of empathy and politics of human rights are insufficient to meet the challenges of our posthuman age. Rather, posthumanism requires an ethics of transformation, in which the encounter with the Other remakes the human subject. The book offers a typology of alien encounters and addresses a wide range of texts. Its scope includes, but is not limited to, classic novels of alien encounter by H.G. Wells and Robert Heinlein; recent blockbusters by Greg Bear, Octavia Butler and Sheri Tepper; and experimental science fiction by Peter Watts and Housuke Nojiri. It also contains an extensive discussion of Soviet science fiction and of the novels of Stanislaw Lem, bringing important aspects of global posthumanist culture to the attention of the Anglo-American reader.

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Elana Gomel is an Associate Professor at the Department of English and American Studies at Tel-Aviv University, Israel. She is the author of four books and numerous articles on subjects ranging from postmodernism, narrative theory, and science fiction to Dickens and Victorian culture.

ISBN: 1137367636 (electronic bk.) :£55.00Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Human-alien encounters in literature.

LC Class. No.: PN3433.5

Dewey Class. No.: 809.38762

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