Political Theory, Science Fiction, and Utopian Literature

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  • Political Theory, Science Fiction, and Utopian Literature Book Detail

  • Author : Tony Burns
  • Release Date : 2010-02-19
  • Publisher : Lexington Books
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 332
  • ISBN 13 : 0739144871
  • File Size : 19,19 MB
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Political Theory, Science Fiction, and Utopian Literature by Tony Burns PDF Summary

Book Description: Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed is of interest to political theorists partly because of its association with anarchism and partly because it is thought to represent a turning point in the history of utopian/dystopian political thought and literature and of science fiction. Published in 1974, it marked a revival of utopianism after decades of dystopian writing. According to this widely accepted view The Dispossessed represents a new kind of literary utopia, which Tom Moylan calls a 'critical utopia.' The present work challenges this reading of The Dispossessed and its place in the histories of utopian/dystopian literature and science fiction. It explores the difference between traditional literary utopia and novels and suggests that The Dispossessed is not a literary utopia but a novel about utopianism in politics. Le Guin's concerns have more to do with those of the novelists of the 19th century writing in the tradition of European Realism than they do with the science fiction or utopian literature. It also claims that her theory of the novel has an affinity with the ancient Greek tragedy. This implies that there is a conservatism in Le Guin's work as a creative writer, or as a novelist, which fits uneasily with her personal commitment to anarchism.

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