The philosophy of science fiction : Henri Bergson and the fabulations of Philip K. Dick / James Edward Burton.
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TextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017Description: 248 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350028272 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941 | Dick, Philip K | Philosophy | Science fiction -- History and criticism | Philosophy | PhilosophyDDC classification: 100 Summary: James Edward Burton explores here the deep affinity between two seemingly quite different thinkers, in their attempts to address the need for salvation in (and from) an era of accelerated mechanisation, in which humans' capacity for destroying or subjugating the living has attained a planetary scale.
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James Edward Burton explores here the deep affinity between two seemingly quite different thinkers, in their attempts to address the need for salvation in (and from) an era of accelerated mechanisation, in which humans' capacity for destroying or subjugating the living has attained a planetary scale.
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