Science-fiction Studies, Volume 17SFS Publications., 1990 - Electronic journals |
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And whether it simply enables escapism or reinforces smug assumptions , such a work will encourage social inaction and facilitate the continuation of the status quo . “ In its cognitive function , ” by contrast , fiction helps us to ...
And whether it simply enables escapism or reinforces smug assumptions , such a work will encourage social inaction and facilitate the continuation of the status quo . “ In its cognitive function , ” by contrast , fiction helps us to ...
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served to rationalize a particular set of social and political institutions . Hobbes , Locke , and Rousseau , for example , each defended a core of human qualities to justify very different notions of the state and the public sphere .
served to rationalize a particular set of social and political institutions . Hobbes , Locke , and Rousseau , for example , each defended a core of human qualities to justify very different notions of the state and the public sphere .
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work , peace , and dignity , and for total social communion — all of them authentic and time - honored utopian wishes . The presence of such yearnings , however , is very much compromised by the fact that their vehicle or agency is ...
work , peace , and dignity , and for total social communion — all of them authentic and time - honored utopian wishes . The presence of such yearnings , however , is very much compromised by the fact that their vehicle or agency is ...
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Contents
Glenn Grant Transcendence Through Detournement | 41 |
Ivan Adamovič Czech SF in the Last Forty Years | 50 |
NOTES | 57 |
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