Suicide and Science Fiction

AUTHOR(S) :
Carlos Gutiérrez-Jones

LANGUAGE: Turkish

CATEGORY: Literary Studies
PAGES: 216
SIZE: 13,5 x 20 cm
EDITION: February 2022
HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-625-8022-08-7
HARDCOVER PRICE: 80 TL

In his material of contemporary science fiction, Carlos Gutiérrez-Jones examines how suicidal crises on the dark side of psychology are interpreted.

Suicide and Science Fiction examines the fascination with suicidal crises evident in a range of science fiction. Specifically, this study explores a seemingly counterintuitive proposition: in moments of dramatic scientific and technological change, the authors of these works frequently cast self-destructive episodes as catalysts for beneficial change. Carlos Gutierrez-Jones argues that this creative self-destruction mechanism is invoked by H. G. Wells as a means of negotiating Victorian anxieties regarding evolutionary theory, by Stanislaw Lem as he wrestles with the prospect of nuclear self-destruction at the dawn of the space age, by William Gibson as he considers the development of artificial intelligence, by Christopher Nolan as he explores the cybernetic colonization of the unconscious, by Rian Johnson as he links aspects of video gaming to the neoliberal militarization of institutions, and by Margaret Atwood as she considers impending ecological disaster and the rise of bioterrorism. These authors often depict such scientific and technological changes in a fashion that requires the central characters to transform themselves in hopes of remaining relevant in a radically altered environment.

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