Епистемология на научната фантастика
The author outlines three ages in the development of science fiction – early age, modern age and postnuclear age. Because science fiction manifests the structure of empirical knowledge at a particular time within a culture, it functions as a reaction to and a barometer for cultural shifts in the way meaning is structured. Thus, by examining the epistemes of western culture, Kevin Boon exposes thematic transformations in science fiction and vice versa.
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