Created in Our Image. The Clone between Ethical Argumentation and Science Fiction Trademark
Created in Our Image. The Clone between Ethical Argumentation and Science Fiction Trademark
Author(s): Olga ŞtefanSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Clone; Science Fiction; The Double; Ethics;
Summary/Abstract: In the present paper I discuss the fantasy of human cloning and the clone as a myth of the „culture of the copy” society. I follow the idea that science fiction is, from an ethical point of view, the literary genre most concerned with shaping possible, often unsettling worlds and contexts, while also debating the main differences between the concept of “clone” and the unsettling category of the “double” in the realm of literature.
Journal: Caietele Echinox
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 26
- Page Range: 318-325
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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