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Utopian Literature and Science

From the Scientific Revolution to Brave New World and Beyond
By:Patrick Parrinder
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137456779
eText ISBN:9781137456786
Edition:0
Copyright:2015
Format:Reflowable

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Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Ranging from Galileo's observations with the telescope to current ideas of the post-human and the human-animal boundary, this study brings a fresh perspective to the paradoxes of utopian thinking since Plato.