TY - BOOK ID - 136674812 TI - Analysing Darkness and Light : Dystopias and Beyond AU - Heikkilä, Martta AU - Poleshchuk, Irina AU - Ruonakoski, Erika PY - 2023 SN - 9004681388 9004515542 PB - Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Dystopias in popular culture. KW - Essays. KW - Dystopias. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136674812 AB - "The book situates itself in the fields of philosophy, political theory, aesthetics and theories of art, linking its discussions of fictional dystopias to debates on ongoing crises. It asks: Are dystopias a useful tool for imagining ways out of sombre situations or do they prevent us from engaging in transformative action? The book consists of a thorough introduction and three major sections: 1. Dystopias of Meaninglessness, 2. Techno-Euphoria vs. Terror of Technology, and 3. Dystopias Come True? The individual chapters discuss, among other things, liberalism and conservatism, "luxury communism", pandemics, technology-induced anxiety, empty speech, ethics, film, literature, architecture and music"-- Provided by publisher. ER -