Beyond Tomorrow: German Science Fiction and Utopian Thought in the 20th and 21st Centuries

by Ingo Cornils

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Since its beginnings, German Science Fiction (or SF) has engaged with social change and technological progress, often drawing from utopian thought. The writer Kurd Lawitz challenged the authoritarian Wilhelmine order; later, film director Fritz Lang provided a searing critique of Weimar society. Meanwhile utopian thinkers like Ernst Bloch and Herbert Marcuse insisted on the possibility of hope, even in the face of totalitarianism. During the Cold...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1640140352

ISBN13:9781640140356

Release Date:September 2020

Publisher:Camden House (NY)

Length:332 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Social Science Social Sciences

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