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.