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Oct 9, 2020 · Science fiction has been described as “a crucial and popular mode, even the mainstream mode, of thinking about life in a modern technoscientific world” (Weiner et al., 2018, p. 7) and, in popular forms, can provide remarkable insights into cultural perspectives and assumptions (Menadue, 2019b).
- Christopher Benjamin Menadue, Kristi Giselsson, David Guez
- 2020
Nov 26, 2023 · Some others think that science fiction is a cultural instrument to help people think, a thought experiment that explores possibilities, and a mind game on the theme of ‘what if’. Additionally, some scholars have observed the involvement of science fiction in modern life.
Aug 3, 2017 · Science fiction is significant in studies of human culture as it is an ancient and enduring form of literature that has been part of what Brian Aldiss called our “cultural wallpaper” since the origins of recorded history (Aldiss & Wigmore, 1986, p. 14).
- Christopher Benjamin Menadue, Karen Diane Cheer
- 2017
- Introduction
- Science Fiction as Ethical Instruction
- Notes
- References
An extraordinary amount of science fiction (SF) carries significant content of a moralistic nature consistently reflecting concerns about social becoming nested within the context of the times the works were written (Blackford, 2017). As a rule it is perilous to lump an entire genre into any single orientation, but in the case of SF and ethics ther...
An important caveat moving forward is that the “science fiction” referred throughout this piece is the genre as popularly perceived. “Literature” is also broadly drawn to include numerous film productions both cinematic and for television. This is also not science fiction as sometimes defined by literary scholars. To this point is the case of Jules...
Except for the comeuppance of Jay Gatsby in Fitzgerald’s magnum opus, it is notable that the banal ignorance that come of privilege in the person of Daisy got away scot (pardon the pun) free.A useful primer on the relationship between science and literature is Clarke, B., & Rossini, M. (Eds.). (2010). The Routledge companion to literature and science. Routledge.Pay particular attention to the bonus segment of the “Time Machine” podcast at about the 49-minute mark where he is quoted as appealing for developing a university pedagogy in “foresight”.Aldiss, B. W. (2005) “on the origin of species: Mary Shelley”. speculations on speculation: theories of science fiction. eds. James Gunn and Matthew Candelaria. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow. BBC Radio 4, (2019), In Our Time, “The time machine”, (Broadcast and Podcast) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009bmf(Retrieved, November 28, 2019) Blackford,...
Aug 3, 2017 · Two characteristics of the use of science fiction in research became evident in the review: its role as a tool for advocacy and cultural insight and its effectiveness as an aid to learning...
Feb 1, 2024 · Science fiction has become very popular across all mediatic forms (e.g., in short stories, in novels, in movies, in TV series). The cultural success of this genre is both geographically widespread and rather recent in history.
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These three approaches-science fiction as a tool of social science pedagogy, as an object of sociological inquiry, and as a social phenomenon-also mark out a historical trajectory.
