Title
Terraculturation, Political Dissolution, And Myriad Reorientations
Keywords
Myriad Reorientations; Political Dissolution; Terraculturation
Abstract
Starting with the idea that in science fiction many plots use the device of terraforming of alien planets' to make them more suitable for human inhabitation, this paper argues that more recently new works take this macroplot in a different direction: the need for reforming human beings on Earth to make them more suitable for inhabitation through terraculturation. Further, the work of terraculturation would necessarily lead to significant political dissolutions of national and state formations in order to make political structures more supportive of inhabitory practices. Cultural changes from terraculturation would then interactively precipitate and be pushed along by myriad reorientations taking place at every level of human activity. Examples are provided of literary works already modeling and encouraging this cultural reorientation.
Publication Date
12-1-2008
Publication Title
Tamkang Review
Volume
39
Issue
1
Number of Pages
3-18
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
63649104726 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/63649104726
STARS Citation
Murphy, Patrick D., "Terraculturation, Political Dissolution, And Myriad Reorientations" (2008). Scopus Export 2000s. 9213.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/9213
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