"Questing to Understand the Other without "Othering
An Exploration of the Unique Qualities and Properties of Science Fiction as a Means for Exploring and Improving Social Inequity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4052395 |
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| Authors | Janelle Marie Evans (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 144-156 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meridians (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-6936 • E-ISSN: 1547-8424 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/meridians.16.1.14 |
| OpenAlex | W2775004364 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
While many branches of science have sought to understand-and to even cure-human bigotry, and thereby cure the deleterious results thereof, the champion most likely to prevail in this quest is the hybrid child of art and science: the literary and cinematic genre of Science fiction. From its mixed literary heritage to its inability to be summarized by a catchall definition to its endlessly elastic point of view, Science fiction is uniquely suited to the herculean task of allowing our species to experience, understand, and accept the varied ways in which people express what it means to be human
Aesthetics · Art · Champion · Epistemology · Literary criticism · Literary fiction · Literature · Sociology · Techno-thriller · Climate Change Communication and Perception · History · Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems · Philosophy · Psychology · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Highly cited | No |
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