Gods Like Men
Soviet Science Fiction and the Utopian Self
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4759558 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elana Gomel (0000-0002-5844-4603, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | Part 3 |
| Pages | 358-377 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Fiction Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7729 • E-ISSN: 2327-6207 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/sfs.31.3.358 |
| OpenAlex | W2405394757 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 4 |
This essay deals with the representation of the New Man in Soviet sf. The New Man is the ideal subject whose creation was one of the central goals of Soviet civilization. Soviet sf reflects the ideological paradox underlying his aborted birth: the New Man was supposed to come into being as the culmination of the historical process and, at the same time, to negate the contingency and violence of history. The article focuses on the articulation of this paradox in the canonical works of Ivan Efremov and the Strugatsky brothers and analyzes such aspects of the New Man as anthropomorphism, gender, violence, and relation to the Other
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Bioethics and Human Rights Issues · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
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Off with your heads
The Development of Chinese and Cuban Science Fiction in Comparative Perspective
Futures and culture
Screening Nature
Adam Roberts's Alien Invasion
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |