How Science Fiction Helps Us Reimagine Our Moral Relations with Animals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20250267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jen Clements (0000-0001-8181-9760, corresponding author), Jennifer Clements |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181-187 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Animal Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2160-1267 • E-ISSN: 2156-5414 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5406/janimalethics.5.2.0181 |
| OpenAlex | W2384370982 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Science fiction has often been at the forefront of popular renderings and exploration of various “subaltern” groups, including that of nonhuman animals. I argue that science fiction’s freedom from the boundaries of what is currently possible allows writers such as Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, Philip K. Dick, Olaf Stapledon, Daniel Keyes, Octavia Butler, Cordwainer Smith, and H. Beam Piper to explore ethical possibilities regarding animals that are diverse from those of the context in which they wrote. It is also notable that the earlier science fiction writers only critique majority views regarding animals, whereas their antecessors go so far as to suggest the empowerment of the “Other,” in this case, nonhuman animals
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Empowerment · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subaltern · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |