" . . .illuminated both good and bad aspects of our culture through the lens of science fiction in the context of Lewis . . .
Recommended for fans of science fiction."
--Amazon Customer Review
Recommended for fans of science fiction."
--Amazon Customer Review
" . . . extends an exciting invitation to revisit and rethink the themes and arguments of The Abolition of Man in our own increasingly science-focused and science-fictional context."
--Journal of Inklings Studies
--Journal of Inklings Studies
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"These delightful essays . . . send us back to [sci-fi films] with new eyes and, more importantly, refreshed hearts for goodness."
--Robert B. Kruschwitz, Professor of Philosophy, Baylor University |
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About the Book
The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis's masterpiece in ethics and the philosophy of science, warns of the danger of combining modern moral skepticism with the technological pursuit of human desires. The end result is the final destruction of human nature. From Brave New World to Star Trek, from steampunk to starships, science fiction film has considered from nearly every conceivable angle the same nexus of morality, technology, and humanity of which C. S. Lewis wrote. As a result, science fiction film has unintentionally given us stunning depictions of Lewis's terrifying vision of the future. In Science Fiction Film and the Abolition of Man, scholars of religion, philosophy, literature, and film explore the connections between sci-fi film and the three parts of Lewis's book: how sci-fi portrays "Men without Chests" incapable of responding properly to moral good, how it teaches the Tao or "The Way," and how it portrays "The Abolition of Man."
The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis's masterpiece in ethics and the philosophy of science, warns of the danger of combining modern moral skepticism with the technological pursuit of human desires. The end result is the final destruction of human nature. From Brave New World to Star Trek, from steampunk to starships, science fiction film has considered from nearly every conceivable angle the same nexus of morality, technology, and humanity of which C. S. Lewis wrote. As a result, science fiction film has unintentionally given us stunning depictions of Lewis's terrifying vision of the future. In Science Fiction Film and the Abolition of Man, scholars of religion, philosophy, literature, and film explore the connections between sci-fi film and the three parts of Lewis's book: how sci-fi portrays "Men without Chests" incapable of responding properly to moral good, how it teaches the Tao or "The Way," and how it portrays "The Abolition of Man."
Table of Contents:
1 Introduction: Finding C. S. Lewis in Science Fiction Film and Television | by Mark J. Boone
Part One: Men Without Chests
2 Monster in the Mirror: The Problem with Technology is the Problem with Us | by Mark Eckel
3 Vulcans Without Chests: Spiritual Disorders Portrayed in Star Trek | by Lewis Pearson
4 To Seek Out New Virtue: Lewis, the Tao, and the Prime Directive | by Deanna Smid
5 Between the Good and the Evil Samaritan: Person of Interest in light of C. S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man | by Artur Skweres
6 “You Have Nowhere to Go”: Alienated Communication and Social Control in THX 1138 | by James Driscoll
7 A Vision of Transcendence: Monstrous Intelligence and Loving Understanding | by Wm. Travis Coblentz
8 The Failure of Men Without chests in Blade Runner | by Mark D. Sadler
Part Two: The Way
9 Technology and the Emotional Spectrum in Green Lantern: The Animated Series | by Scott Shiffer
10 The Tree Before the Banches: Virtue and Rebellion in contemporary Science Fiction | by Thomas Britt
11 Beauty in Rust: Steampunk Distinctives in Shane Acker’s 9 | by Jaclyn Young Parrish
12 Reclaiming Virtue and (Post)Humanity in Moon | by Linda Wight
13 Terraforming the Human Soul: Star Trek’s Genesis Device and the Ethical Cultivation of Creation | by Kevin C. Neece
Part Three: The Abolition of Man
14 A Prison of Our Own Making | by Thomas Veale
15 The Dangers of the Materialist Magician | by Louis Markos
16 The Abolition of Risk: C. S. Lewis in The Island and Gattaca | by Janelle L. Aijian
17 Technocratic Death Denial as Disavowal of Life: Lessons from Brave New World and The Abolition of Man | by Mike Alvarez
18 Never Let Me Go and The Abolition of Man | by Christina Schneider
19 The Oppression of a Young Healthy Body in Logan’s Run and The Clonus Horror | by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Canela Ailen, Rodriguez Fontao, and Juan Ignacio Juvé
20 Does Forgiveness Just Happen?: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Lewis’s “Last Step” | by Nathan Gilmour
21 “Flawed, Weak, Organic”: Star Trek’s Borg and the Abolition of Man | by Geoffrey Reiter
1 Introduction: Finding C. S. Lewis in Science Fiction Film and Television | by Mark J. Boone
Part One: Men Without Chests
2 Monster in the Mirror: The Problem with Technology is the Problem with Us | by Mark Eckel
3 Vulcans Without Chests: Spiritual Disorders Portrayed in Star Trek | by Lewis Pearson
4 To Seek Out New Virtue: Lewis, the Tao, and the Prime Directive | by Deanna Smid
5 Between the Good and the Evil Samaritan: Person of Interest in light of C. S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man | by Artur Skweres
6 “You Have Nowhere to Go”: Alienated Communication and Social Control in THX 1138 | by James Driscoll
7 A Vision of Transcendence: Monstrous Intelligence and Loving Understanding | by Wm. Travis Coblentz
8 The Failure of Men Without chests in Blade Runner | by Mark D. Sadler
Part Two: The Way
9 Technology and the Emotional Spectrum in Green Lantern: The Animated Series | by Scott Shiffer
10 The Tree Before the Banches: Virtue and Rebellion in contemporary Science Fiction | by Thomas Britt
11 Beauty in Rust: Steampunk Distinctives in Shane Acker’s 9 | by Jaclyn Young Parrish
12 Reclaiming Virtue and (Post)Humanity in Moon | by Linda Wight
13 Terraforming the Human Soul: Star Trek’s Genesis Device and the Ethical Cultivation of Creation | by Kevin C. Neece
Part Three: The Abolition of Man
14 A Prison of Our Own Making | by Thomas Veale
15 The Dangers of the Materialist Magician | by Louis Markos
16 The Abolition of Risk: C. S. Lewis in The Island and Gattaca | by Janelle L. Aijian
17 Technocratic Death Denial as Disavowal of Life: Lessons from Brave New World and The Abolition of Man | by Mike Alvarez
18 Never Let Me Go and The Abolition of Man | by Christina Schneider
19 The Oppression of a Young Healthy Body in Logan’s Run and The Clonus Horror | by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Canela Ailen, Rodriguez Fontao, and Juan Ignacio Juvé
20 Does Forgiveness Just Happen?: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Lewis’s “Last Step” | by Nathan Gilmour
21 “Flawed, Weak, Organic”: Star Trek’s Borg and the Abolition of Man | by Geoffrey Reiter
