Theory for the World to Come: Speculative Fiction and Apocalyptic Anthropology
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Theory for the World to Come: Speculative Fiction and Apocalyptic Anthropology
By (Author) Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
15th April 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Philosophy
Popular culture
809.38762
Physical Properties
Paperback
116
Width 127mm, Height 178mm, Spine 6mm
Description
Can social theories forge new paths into an uncertain future The future has become increasingly difficult to imagine. We might be able to predict a few events, but imagining how looming disasters will coincide is simultaneously necessary and impossible. Drawing on speculative fiction and social theory, Theory for the World to Come is the begin
Author Bio
Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer is associate professor of anthropology at Binghamton University. He is author of The Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life (Minnesota, 2012).
