„Dajcie nam cywilizację naukową” – federacja ludów Europy, Naukowa Liga Narodów i ostatnia wojna o pokój. Ritchiego Caldera i Stefana Barszczewskiego fantastyczne wizje pokoju
„Give Us a Scientific Civilization”: A Federation of European Peoples, a Scientific League of Nations, and the Last War for Peace. Ritchie Calder’s and Stefan Barszczewski’s Fantastic Visions of Peace
Author(s): Jerzy StachowiczSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Economy, Human Geography, Environmental Geography, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Sociology, Military history, Polish Literature, International relations/trade, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Studies in violence and power, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Theory of Literature, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: science fiction; imaginary future; interwar period; pacifism; war; Stefan Barszczewski
Summary/Abstract: In this article, Jerzy Stachowicz examines selected literary works the represent the science fiction genre of the interwar period. He focuses on pacifist visions of the future in those works and argues that these scientistic, military, and superpower fantasies have an anti-war potential, and that fantasy literature itself can, to some extent, be regarded as a „pacifist practice”.
Journal: Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1 (21)
- Page Range: 1-17
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish