Political theory, science fiction, and utopian literature
Subtitle: Ursula K. Le Guin and the dispossessed
By: Tony Burns
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780739122839
Subjects: American Science fiction; Utopias in literature; Dispossessed (Le Guin, Ursula K.); History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Political and social views; English Political fiction; English Science fiction; American Political fiction; Politics in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Science fiction and the history of utopian literature : H.G. Wells, Zamyatin, and Le Guin --; title: Le Guin's dialectical approach to questions of philosophy and politics --; title: Science and progress in the writings of Zamyatin and Le Guin --; title: Le Guin's The dispossessed and utopian literature --; title: Politics and literature in the writings of Le Guin --; title: Ethics in the writings of Ursula K. Le Guin --; title: Ethics in the writings of Ursula K. Le Guin --; title: Anarchist politics in Zamyatin and Le Guin --; title: Conservatism in the writings of Le Guin --; title: Le Guin's relevance for political theory today.