Acid Horizon

Sci-Fi and the Politics of the Future: An Interview with Steven Shaviro featuring Acid Horizon

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May 24, 2023
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Fuzzy Genres

  • Defining genres like science fiction is inherently fuzzy, with exceptions and overlaps.
  • Sci-fi's core lies in its attitude towards future technologies and possibilities.
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Cognitive Estrangement Limits

  • Darko Suvin's influential definition of sci-fi as "cognitive estrangement" has limitations.
  • It struggles to account for the fuzzy boundaries between sci-fi and fantasy.
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Representing Futurity

  • Science fiction represents "futurity," which is not the actual future, but present tendencies towards change.
  • It explores how latent potentialities in our present could develop in the future.
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