The Man in the high castle and philosophy :: subversive reports from another reality /

The Man in the High Castle is an Amazon TV show, based on the Philip K. Dick novel, about an "alternate present" (beginning in the 1960s) in which Germany and Japan won World War II, with the former Western US occupied by Japan, the former Eastern US occupied by Nazi Germany, and a small &...

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Weitere Verfasser: Krajewski, Bruce, 1959- (HerausgeberIn), Heter, Joshua (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : Open Court, [2017]
Schriftenreihe:Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 111.
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Zusammenfassung:The Man in the High Castle is an Amazon TV show, based on the Philip K. Dick novel, about an "alternate present" (beginning in the 1960s) in which Germany and Japan won World War II, with the former Western US occupied by Japan, the former Eastern US occupied by Nazi Germany, and a small "neutral zone" between them. A theme of the story is that in this alternative world there is eager speculation, fueled by the illicit newsreel, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, about how the world would have been different if America had won the war. In The Man in the High Castle and Philosophy, twenty-two professional thinkers look at philosophical issues raised by this ongoing enterprise in "alternative history." One question is whether it really made a profound difference that the Allies won the war, and exactly what differences in everyday life we may expect to arise from an apparent historical turning point. Could it be that some dramatic historical events have only superficial consequences, whil
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vii, 260 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index.
ISBN:0812699688
9780812699685