Crisis Managed: Forging Postcapitalist Futures in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Recent Political Science Fiction
Crisis Managed: Forging Postcapitalist Futures in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Recent Political Science Fiction
Author(s): Anna GilarekSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, American Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: political science fiction; capitalism; postcapitalism; capitalist realism; utopian science fiction;
Summary/Abstract: Kim Stanley Robinson uses science fiction as a means of political inquiry and a literary simulator of alternative socioeconomic solutions. In his novels, he frequently refers to the pressing need for a systemic transformation and envisions viable postcapitalist alternatives. The article discusses various aspects of the postcapitalist transition depicted in two of Robinson’s recent novels: New York 2140 (2017) and The Ministry for the Future (2020).
Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
- Issue Year: 48/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 85-96
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
