How Long to Read The Philosophy of Science Fiction

How Long Does it Take to Read The Philosophy of Science Fiction?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read The Philosophy of Science Fiction by James Edward Burton

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Philosophy of Science Fiction: Henri Bergson and the Fabulations of Philip K. Dick explores the deep affinity between two seemingly quite different thinkers, in their attempts to address the need for salvation in (and from) an era of accelerated mechanization, in which humans' capacity for destroying or subjugating the living has attained a planetary scale. The philosopher and the science fiction writer come together to meet the contradictory imperatives of a realist outlook-a task which, arguably, philosophy and science fiction could only ever adequately undertake in collaboration. Their respective approaches meet in a focus on the ambiguous status of fictionalizing, or fabulation, as simultaneously one of mechanization's most devastating tools, and the possibility of its undoing. When they are read together, the complexities and paradoxes thrown up by this ambiguity, with which both Bergson and Dick struggle on their own, open up new ways to navigate ideas of mechanism and mysticism, immanence and transcendence, and the possibility and meaning of salvation. The result is at once an original reading of both thinkers, a new critical theory of the socio–cultural, political and ethical function of fictionalizing, and a case study in the strange affinity, at times the uncanny similarity, between philosophy and science fiction.

How long is The Philosophy of Science Fiction?

The Philosophy of Science Fiction by James Edward Burton is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Philosophy of Science Fiction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read The Philosophy of Science Fiction aloud.

What Reading Level is The Philosophy of Science Fiction?

The Philosophy of Science Fiction is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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