History and Speculative Fiction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031422348)

This open access book demonstrates that despite different epistemological starting points, history and speculative fiction perform similar work in "making the strange familiar" and "making the familiar strange" by taking their readers on journeys through space and time. Excellent history, like excellent speculative fiction, should cause readers to reconsider crucial aspects of their society that they normally overlook or lead them to reflect on radically different forms of social organization. Drawing on Gunl Fur's postcolonial concept of concurrences, and with contributions that explore diverse examples of speculative fiction and historical encounters using a variety of disciplinary approaches, this volume provides new perspectives on colonialism, ecological destruction, the nature of humanity, and how to envision a better future.

Author: John L. Hennessey
ISBN-10: 3031422341
ISBN-13: 9783031422348
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2023
Pages: 293
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.75d