Dystopia and the Rebellion of the Machines: On the Topics of Cyberpunk.
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| Authors: | , |
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Description: | Cyberpunk is known as a science fiction sub-genre that was developed during the eighties, whose main characteristic is its critical view on technology. The purpose of this article is to make a sociological analysis on this sub-genre of science fiction, particularly around the themes present in this set works and their relation with modernity. This analysis addresses the following four topics of cyberpunk: The notion of technological determinism in its different meanings, human beings fear not to control machines (the notion of machine rebellion), the dystopia and cyberpunk as a criticism of modernity. |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/47019 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pensamiento-actual/article/view/47019 |
| Keyword: | Sciencie fiction cultural industry sociology of technologt sciencitfic culture modernity ciencia ficción industria cultural sociología de la tecnología cultura científica modernidad |