Science Fiction and Climate Change A Sociological Approach

Despite the occasional upsurge of climate change scepticism amongst Anglophone conservative politicians and journalists, there is still a near-consensus amongst climate scientists that current levels of atmospheric greenhouse gas are sufficient to alter global weather patterns to disastrous effect....

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Main Authors: Milner, Andrew, Burgmann, J.R
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Liverpool University Press 2023
Edition:1
Series:Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies
Subjects:
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Climatic changes in literature
Environmental Science
History
Language & Literature
Literary Criticism
Literature: history and criticism
Science fiction
Science fiction-History and criticism
Subjects & Themes
ISBN:9781789621723, 1789621720, 1789627524, 9781789627527
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Ice, Fire and Flood: Chapter 2: A Theoretical Interlude Chapter 3: Climate Fiction and the World Literary System Chapter 4: The Classical Dystopia in Climate Fiction Chapter 5: The Critical Dystopia in Climate Fiction Chapter 6: The Problem of Fatalism in Dystopian Climate Fiction Chapter 7: Base Reality Texts and Eutopias Chapter 8: Cli-fi in Other Media Chapter 9: Changing the Climate: Bibliography Index
  • Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Ice, Fire and Flood: A Short Pre-history of Climate Fiction -- 1. Flood Narratives: Gilgamesh and Noah -- 2. Flood Narratives in Modern Science Fiction -- 3. Ice and Fire -- 4. Conclusion -- 2. A Theoretical Interlude -- 1. Cli-fi and SF -- 2. Ecocriticism, Anthropocentrism and the Anthropocene -- 3. Cli-fi and the Sociology of Literature -- 4. Towards an Ideal Typology of Climate Fictions -- 5. Narrative Strategies and Tactics -- 3. Climate Fiction and the World Literary System -- 1. Heat and The Sea and Summer -- 2. Science Fiction and the World Literary System -- 3. Climate Fiction and the World Literary System -- 4. The Classical Dystopia in Climate Fiction -- 1. Denial -- 2. Mitigation -- 3. Negative Adaptation -- 4. Positive Adaptation -- 5. Gaia -- 5. The Critical Dystopia in Climate Fiction -- 1. Denial -- 2. Mitigation -- 3. Negative Adaptation -- 4. Positive Adaptation -- 5. Gaia -- 6. The Problem of Fatalism in Dystopian Climate Fiction -- 1. Fatalism in the Classical Dystopia -- 2. Fatalism in the Critical Dystopia -- 3. Time-travelling and Fatalism -- 7. Base Reality Texts and Eutopias -- 1. Base Reality Texts -- 2. (Mainly) Critical Eutopias -- 3. Cli-fi Narratives in Summary -- 8. Cli-fi in Other Media -- 1. Other Print Media -- 2. Recorded Popular Music -- 3. Audio-visual Media -- 9. Changing the Climate: Some Provisional Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index