Sci-Fi and the Politics of the Future: An Interview with Steven Shaviro featuring Acid Horizon
Acid Horizon24 Mai 2023

Sci-Fi and the Politics of the Future: An Interview with Steven Shaviro featuring Acid Horizon

Adam and Will are joined by Professor Steven Shaviro to discuss his work on the philosophy of science fiction, developing on themes from recent texts such as Extreme Fabulations and 2016's Discognition out on Repeater Books. We asked Steven about the various techniques that writers such as Frank Herbert, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and China Mieville to unearth possible futures in the present; and how they extrapolate from, speculate upon, and generate fables about dominant tendencies of our politica...

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