Critical Theory and Science Fiction, Paperback - Carl Freedman

Reducere. Carl Freedman traces the fundamental and mostly unexamined relationships between the discourses of science fiction and critical theory, arguing tha...

Reducere. Fact or fiction? Real or impossible? Movement through time explored, examined and explained! Albert Einstein's theory of relativity postulates, and...

This lively and engaging textbook explains the things you have to know in order to read empirical papers in the social and health sciences, as well...

Reducere. Science fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship. Many science fiction novelists and filmmakers have used the genre to examine ex...

Challenging the normalization of a capitalist reality in which environmental destruction and catastrophe have become 'second nature', Towards a Cri...

DescriptionFrom the often Caldecott-buzzed Deborah Freedman, a sweet and funny story about finding your place in the world. Carl is an earthworm. H...

How does Einstein's description of space and time compare with Doctor Who? Can James Bond really escape from an armor-plated railroad car by cuttin...

Bringing the resources of critical theory to bear on the genre of dystopian fiction, this volume demonstrates both the continuing potential of Theo...

Brian Willems draws on the science fiction of Cormac McCarthy, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Doris Lessing and Kim Stanley Robinso...

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Reducere. Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction is the fifth Call for Papers of Academia Lunare, the non-fiction arm of Luna Press Publi...

Transitional Subjects is the first book-length collection devoted to the engagement of critical theory with the work of the object-relations school...

Reducere. DescriptionIn celebration of Rosarium's fifth anniversary, publisher Bill Campbell has compiled a two-volume collection of 100 science fiction, fan...

Reducere. DescriptionExplaining the science behind science fiction and fantasy--from the probable to the impossibleFrom space elevators to interstellar trave...

DescriptionEvery age has characteristic inventions that change the world. In the 19th century it was the steam engine and the train. For the 20th, ...

This book describes the evolution of the human rights movement into a grand managerial project, rooted in compassion, with the aim of improving uni...

This is the first study to make a detail case for the Frankfurt School's relevance to understanding contemporary populism. It reconstructs their an...

This is the first study to make a detail case for the Frankfurt School's relevance to understanding contemporary populism. It reconstructs their an...

Reducere. The triumphant vindication of bold theories-are these not the pride and justification of our life's work? -Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear Sir ...

To Write Like a Woman is a rare example of a feminist tackling science fictuion using postmodern theory, which makes for a much more sophisticated ...

This book uses science fiction film as a vehicle for exploring science concepts. Over 100 references to science fiction films and television episod...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter President Trump's election, BREXIT and the widespread rise of right-wing figures, there has been intense focus on authoritarian po...

This important study of the relationship between historical developments and the work of the scholars associated with the Frankfurt Institute for S...

Reducere. In this book Carlos Clarens, author of Crime Movies (also available from Da Capo/Perseus), George Cukor, and many articles in film magazines, bring...

Critical Theory and Social Transformation provides an exploration of the major themes in critical social theory of recent years. Delanty argues tha...

Publisher: ibooks IncAuthor(s): Mitchell J FreedmanNumber of pages: 689Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 229 x 154 x 43Cover type: Paperback / soft...

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Rearticulating critical theory with a contemporary focus, this book investigates how the conditions of democratic statehood have changed at key his...

Rearticulating critical theory with a contemporary focus, this book investigates how the conditions of democratic statehood have changed at key his...

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This book examines the vital role of affect and feeling within the work of the early Frankfurt School. The author investigates a range of concepts ...

Japan's postwar urban imagination through the Metabolism architecture movement and visionary science fiction authors The devastation of the Second ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Aaron (Truman State University, USA) FineIllustration(s): 162 color and bw illusNumber of pages: 376...

Reducere. In this new collection, contributors from a variety of disciplines provide a critical context for the relationship between feminist pedagogy and ac...

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