Philip K. Dick - Contemporary Critical Interpretations (Hardcover)

This book contains 11 essays and a comprehensive bibliography. The essays reveal the extent to which Philip K. Dick's personal obsessions pre-figured postmodernist concerns with humanity's self-alienation, cultural and personal paranoia, and the politics of simulation, deceit, and self-deception. The contributors reveal how Dick's ontological concerns, stated in his repeated questioning of "What is real?," are also political concerns. Thus, they examine the philosophical and religious foundations on which his work rests, offering much-needed arguments which reveal both his philosophical depth and the extent to which he drew from esoteric and occult religions. His cultural critique also receives significant exposition, as the contributors reveal how Dick's fiction enacts the larger cultural struggles of cold war America, with its conflicting private visions and public realities, and its personal and political loyalties. The contributors argue for the significance of heretofore neglected or marginalized texts of Dick as well, including in their discussions many early short stories from the early 1950s and neglected novels of the mid-1960s, arguing that there is a need to understand how Dick shaped (or misshaped) his fictions so as to reimagine the life of his society.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Release date:	1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Samuel J. Umland
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-29295-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > General
LSN:	0-313-29295-7
Barcode:	9780313292958

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