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Osiris, Volume 34 - Presenting Futures Past: Science Fiction and the History of Science (Paperback)
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Osiris, Volume 34 - Presenting Futures Past: Science Fiction and the History of Science (Paperback)
Series: OSIRIS OSR
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The role of fiction in both understanding and interpreting the
world has recently become an increasingly important topic for many
of the human sciences. This volume of Osiris focuses on the
relationship between a particular genre of storytelling--science
fiction (SF), told through a variety of media--and the history of
science. The protagonists of these two enterprises have a lot in
common. Both SF and the history of science are oriented towards the
(re)construction of unfamiliar worlds; both are fascinated by the
ways in which natural and social systems interact; both are
critically aware of the different ways in which the social (class,
gender, race, sex, species) has inflected the experience of the
scientific. Taking a global approach, Presenting Futures Past
examines the ways in which SF can be used to investigate the
cultural status and authority afforded to science at different
times and in different places. The essays consider the role played
by SF in the history of specific scientific disciplines, topics, or
cultures, as well as the ways in which it has helped to move
scientific concepts, methodologies, and practices between wider
cultural areas. Ultimately, Presenting Futures Past explores what
SF can tell us about the histories of the future, how different
communities have envisaged their futures, and how SF conveys the
socioscientific claims of past presents.
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