Learning from the Little Engines That Couldn’t: Transported by Gernsback, Wells, and Latour
2006; Volume: 33; Issue: Part 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1525/sfs.33.1.129
ISSN2327-6207
Autores Tópico(s)American Literature and Culture
ResumoTaking as its starting point Bruno Latour's coinage of to describe his book Aramis or the Love of Technology (1993), this essay draws out its similarities to and differences from the scientifiction proposed by Hugo Gernsback and developed by John W. Campbell, Jr. It situates Aramis within Latour's work in science studies and his more overtly political speculations. Drawing on H.G. Wells's short story A Tale of the Twentieth Century (1887) to identify a key weakness-the absence of any concept of social power-in Latour's work, it suggests that sf's imaginative potential might play a role in reformulating his political vision. This content downloaded from 157.55.39.45 on Thu, 01 Sep 2016 04:47:16 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms
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