{"product_id":"ethics-for-the-future-perspectives-from-21st-century-fiction-9783837668209","title":"Ethics for the Future: Perspectives from 21st Century Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephanie Bender\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Transcript Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Transcript Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich of the possible futures might be a good future, and how do we know? Stephanie Bender looks at contemporary films and novels to address major ethical challenges of the future: the ecological catastrophe, digitalisation and biotechnology. She proposes that fiction and its modes of aesthetic simulation and emotional engagement offer a different way of knowing and judging possible futures. From a critical posthumanist angle, she discusses works ranging from Don DeLillo's \u003ci\u003eZero K\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and Margaret Atwood's \u003ci\u003eMaddAddam Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e (2003-2013) to Kim Stanley Robinson's \u003ci\u003eNew York 2140\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eAvatar\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46445469401239,"sku":"9783837668209","price":6923.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783837668209.webp?v=1769134291","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ethics-for-the-future-perspectives-from-21st-century-fiction-9783837668209","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}