Archaeologies of the future : the desire called utopia and other science fictions /: the desire called utopia and other science fictions. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fredric Jameson.
• Authors: Jameson, Fredric
• Contents: Pt. 1. The desire called utopia. Introduction: Utopia now ; Varieties of the utopian ; The utopian enclave ; Morus: the generic window ; Utopian science versus utopian ideology ; The great schism ; How to fulfill a wish ; The barrier of time ; The unknowability thesis ; The alien body ; Utopia and its antinomies ; Synthesis, irony, neutralization and the moment of truth ; Journey into fear ; The future as disruption. -- pt. 2. As far as thought can reach. Fourier, or, Ontology and utopia ; Generic discontinuities in SF: Brian Aldiss' Starship ; World reduction in Le Guin ; Progress versus utopia, or, Can we imagine the future? ; Science fiction as a spatial genre: Vonda McIntyre's The exile waiting ; The space of science fiction: narrative in Van Vogt ; Longevity as class struggle ; Philip K. Dick, in memoriam ; After armageddon: character systems in Dr. Bloodmoney ; History and salvation in Philip K. Dick ; Fear and loathing in globalization ; "If I can find one good city, I will spare the man": realism and utopia in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Verso
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (431 pages)
• Subjects: 809.38762; 813/.0876209372; Science fiction, American -- History and criticism; Science fiction, English -- History and criticism; Science fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Utopias in literature; Future, The, in literature; Science-fiction américaine -- Histoire et critique; Science-fiction anglaise -- Histoire et critique; Science-fiction -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc; Utopies dans la littérature; Futur dans la littérature; utopian literature; Future, The, in literature; Science fiction, American; Science fiction, English; Utopias in literature; Utopies en la literatura; Futur en la literatura; Ciència-ficció anglesa -- Història i crítica; Ciència-ficció nord-americana -- Història i crítica; Ciència-ficció -- Història i crítica; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789602999; 1789602998
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