Religion in Science Fiction: The Evolution of an Idea and the Extinction of a Genre (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation)
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
Series: Book 1 of 28 - Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
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- Title
- Religion in Science Fiction: The Evolution of an Idea and the Extinction of a Genre (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation)
- Author
- Hrotic, Steven
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- As New
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- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1474273173
- ISBN 13
- 9781474273176
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Series
- Book 1 of 28: Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
Steven Hrotic investigates the representations of religion in 19th century proto-science fiction, and genre science fiction from the 1920s through the end of the century. Taken together, he argues that these stories tell an overarching story-a 'metanarrative'-of an evolving respect for religion, paralleling a decline in the belief that science will lead us to an ideal (and religion-free) future.
Science fiction's metanarrative represents more than simply a shift in popular perceptions of religion: it also serves as a model for cognitive anthropology, providing new insights into how groups and identities form in a globalized world, and into how crucial a role narratives may play. Ironically, this same perspective suggests that science fiction, as it was in the 20th century, may no longer exist.
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