Utopian Literature and Science - From the Scientific Revolution to Brave New World and Beyond (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)


Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Ranging from Galileo's observations with the telescope to current ideas of the post-human and the human-animal boundary, this study brings a fresh perspective to the paradoxes of utopian thinking since Plato.

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Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Ranging from Galileo's observations with the telescope to current ideas of the post-human and the human-animal boundary, this study brings a fresh perspective to the paradoxes of utopian thinking since Plato.

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Imprint

Palgrave Macmillan

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

August 2015

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Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

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Dimensions

216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

222

Edition

1st ed. 2015

ISBN-13

978-1-137-45677-9

Barcode

9781137456779

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LSN

1-137-45677-9



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