Introduction

A History of Social Science Fiction

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ID4107208
AuthorsNeil Gerlach, Sheryl N Hamilton
Year2003
Volume30
IssuePart 2
Pages161-173
Publication date2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Fiction Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-7729 • E-ISSN: 2327-6207
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/sfs.30.2.0161
OpenAlexW2610442143
LanguageEN
Citations received20

The intellectual encounter between the social sciences and science fiction has been rich and varied. This Introduction examines how sf literature, sf criticism, and social science theory and practice have intersected and influenced each other. We suggest a four-part typology, analyzing how the social sciences have employed sf, how sf has dealt with the social, how sf criticism has addressed social theory, and how science fiction has itself emerged as a social science methodology. The interdisciplinary conversation between the social sciences and sf literature and criticism recognizes the deep imbrication of science fiction thinking in late modernity and offers valuable theoretical and methodological resources for opening up important social questions

Art · Literature · Sociology · History · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction

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