Relativism, alternate history, and the forgetful reader: reading science fiction and historiography
Auteur :
Thiess, Derek
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9780739196175
Date de publication :
25 nov. 2014
Dimensions :
24,7 x 16,9 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
431 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book channels the speculative power of science fiction to examine the limits of postmodern philosophies of history. By contrasting the questioning nature of science fiction to postmodern philosophy of history, it finds that this postmodernism often engages in a forgetful, even ahistorical, reading of the past.