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The philosophy of science fiction film / edited by Steven M. Sanders.

Contributor(s): Series: The Philosophy of popular culturePublication details: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.Description: viii, 232 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780813124728 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0813124727 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/615 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.S26 P49 2008
Contents:
An introduction to the philosophy of science fiction film / Steven M. Sanders -- Enigmas of identity and agency -- What is it to be human? : Blade runner and Dark city / Deborah Knight and George McKnight -- Recalling the self : personal identity in Total recall / Shai Biderman -- Picturing paranoia : interpreting Invasion of the body snatchers / Steven M. Sanders -- The existential Frankenstein / Jennifer L. McMahon -- Extraterrestrial visitation, time travel, and artificial intelligence -- Technology and ethics in The day the earth stood still / Aeon J. Skoble -- Some paradoxes of time travel in The terminator and 12 monkeys / William J. Devlin -- 2001 : a philosophical odyssey / Kevin L. Stoehr -- Terminator-fear and the paradox of fiction / Jason Holt -- Brave newer world : science fiction futurism -- The dialectic of Enlightenment in Metropolis / Jerold J. Abrams -- Imagining the future, contemplating the past : the screen versions of 1984 / R. Barton Palmer -- Disenchantment and rebellion in Alphaville / Alan Woolfolk -- The matrix, the cave, and the cogito / Mark T. Conard.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PN1995.9 .S26 P49 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001073591

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to the philosophy of science fiction film / Steven M. Sanders -- Enigmas of identity and agency -- What is it to be human? : Blade runner and Dark city / Deborah Knight and George McKnight -- Recalling the self : personal identity in Total recall / Shai Biderman -- Picturing paranoia : interpreting Invasion of the body snatchers / Steven M. Sanders -- The existential Frankenstein / Jennifer L. McMahon -- Extraterrestrial visitation, time travel, and artificial intelligence -- Technology and ethics in The day the earth stood still / Aeon J. Skoble -- Some paradoxes of time travel in The terminator and 12 monkeys / William J. Devlin -- 2001 : a philosophical odyssey / Kevin L. Stoehr -- Terminator-fear and the paradox of fiction / Jason Holt -- Brave newer world : science fiction futurism -- The dialectic of Enlightenment in Metropolis / Jerold J. Abrams -- Imagining the future, contemplating the past : the screen versions of 1984 / R. Barton Palmer -- Disenchantment and rebellion in Alphaville / Alan Woolfolk -- The matrix, the cave, and the cogito / Mark T. Conard.

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