Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future
ืืื 2015 ยท Liverpool University Press
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Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future brings a welter of unknown elements of Lemโs life, career, and literary legacy to light. Part One traces the context of his cultural influence, telling the story of one of the greatest writers and thinkers of the century. It includes a comprehensive critical overview of Lemโs literary and philosophical oeuvre which comprises not only the classics like Solaris, but his untranslated first novels, realistic prose, experimental works, volumes of nonfiction, latter-day metafiction, as well as the final twenty years of polemics and essays.
The critical and interpretive Part Two examines a range of Lemโs novels with a view to examining the intellectual vistas they open up before us. It focuses on several of Lemโs major but less studied books. โGame, Set, Lemโ uses game theory to shed light on his arguably most surreal novel, the Kafkaesque and claustrophobic Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (1961). โBetrization Is the Worst Solution... Except for All Othersโ takes a close look at the quasi-utopia of Return From the Stars (1961) and at the concept of ethical cleansing and mandatory de-aggression. โErrare Humanum Estโ focuses on the popular science thriller The Invincible (1964) in the context of evolution. โA Beachbook for Intellectualsโ is a critical fugue on Lemโs medical thriller cum crime mystery, The Chain of Chance (1976).
Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future closes with a two-part coda. โFiascoโ recapitulates and reflects on the literary and cognitive themes of Lemโs farewell novel, and โHappy End of the World!โ reviews The Blink of an Eye, Lemโs farewell book of analyses and prognoses from the cusp of our millennium.
The critical and interpretive Part Two examines a range of Lemโs novels with a view to examining the intellectual vistas they open up before us. It focuses on several of Lemโs major but less studied books. โGame, Set, Lemโ uses game theory to shed light on his arguably most surreal novel, the Kafkaesque and claustrophobic Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (1961). โBetrization Is the Worst Solution... Except for All Othersโ takes a close look at the quasi-utopia of Return From the Stars (1961) and at the concept of ethical cleansing and mandatory de-aggression. โErrare Humanum Estโ focuses on the popular science thriller The Invincible (1964) in the context of evolution. โA Beachbook for Intellectualsโ is a critical fugue on Lemโs medical thriller cum crime mystery, The Chain of Chance (1976).
Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future closes with a two-part coda. โFiascoโ recapitulates and reflects on the literary and cognitive themes of Lemโs farewell novel, and โHappy End of the World!โ reviews The Blink of an Eye, Lemโs farewell book of analyses and prognoses from the cusp of our millennium.
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Peter Swirski is Professor of American Literature and American Studies at the University of Bahrain and Honorary Professor in China.
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