The evolution and extinction of science fiction

被引：3
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作者：
Hrotic, Steven [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 USA
来源：
PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE | 2014年 / 23卷 / 08期
关键词：
anthropology; cognition; science fiction; steampunk; technology; Victorian;
D O I：
10.1177/0963662513478898
中图分类号：
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号：
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要：
Science fiction literature reflects our constantly evolving attitudes towards science and technological innovations, and the kinds of societal impacts believed possible. The newly popular subgenre steampunk' shows that these attitudes have significantly shifted. Examined from a cognitive anthropological perspective, science fiction reveals the cultural evolution of the genre as intelligently designed, and implies a cognitive mechanism of group membership reliant on implicit memory. However, such an analysis also suggests that genre science fiction as it was in the 20th century may no longer exist.
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页码：996 / 1012
页数：17
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