Learning from Other Worlds: Estrangement, Cognition, and the Politics of Science Fiction and Utopia

by Patrick Parrinder

Book Overview

Learning from Other Worlds provides both a portrait of the development of science fiction criticism as an intellectual field and a definitive look at the state of science fiction studies today. Its title refers to the essence of "cognitive estrangement" in relation to science fiction and utopian fiction--the assertion that by imagining strange worlds we learn to see our own world in a new perspective. Acknowledging an indebtedness to the groundbreaking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822327732
• ISBN13: 9780822327738
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"