Postapocalyptic fiction and the social contract : "we'll not go home again" / Claire P. Curtis.
| Author/creator |
Curtis, Claire P., 1965- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2010. |
| Description | ix, 199 pages ; 24 cm |
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| Contents | Last one out, please turn out the lights : On the beach and The road -- "Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" : Hobbes and Lucifer's Hammer, the classic post-apocalyptic text -- "Industrious and rational" : John Locke and Alas, Babylon: the rational life post-apocalypse -- Man is born free; and everywhere is in chains: Rousseau and Malevil: the responsibilities of civil life -- "Maybe effort counted" : John Rawls and thought experiments -- "To take root among the stars" : Octavia Butler's parable of the sower and rethinking the social contract -- "We can choose" : Octavia Butler's parable of the talents and the meaning of security. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010016279 |
| ISBN | 9780739142035 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0739142038 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780739142059 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 0739142054 (electronic) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS374.A65 C87 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |