Name: Heroes, Monsters and Values
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Heroes, Monsters and Values

Science Fiction Films of the 1970s

Edited By: Michael Berman, Rohit Dalvi

£39.99

This anthology of essays on 1970s sci-fi films from Alien to Zardoz explores what it means to be human. Challenging our ideas on heroism, technology, and morality, this is an enlightening work for science fiction and film enthusiasts.

This exciting new anthology brings together many diverse views on blockbuster and cult science fiction films of the 1970s. These essays, which range in focus…

This exciting new anthology brings together many diverse views on blockbuster and cult science fiction films of the 1970s. These essays, which range in focus from Alien to Zardoz, explore some of the most fundamental questions about the meaning of being human. The chapters of the first section challenge our notions of heroism, confronting our ideas with issues of history, gender and embodiment. The second section’s contributions delve into the human caused monstrosities of our own ingenuity and curiosity whereby our technology transforms the human into a source of horror. The anthology’s final section is a chorus that speaks to the cinematic depictions that disrupt our religious and moral assumptions. The international group of contributors have produced a surprising, entertaining and enlightening work that will appeal to both science fiction and film enthusiasts the world over.

Michael Berman is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brock University, Ontario. He specializes in comparative philosophy, with published articles on Continental and Asian philosophy. He edited the volume, The Everyday Fantastic, Essays on Science Fiction and Human Being (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008). He is also an associate editor for the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, and his current research focuses on phenomenology and the philosophy of religion.

R. S. Dalvi teaches Philosophy at Brock University. He has published in the areas of French Philosophy, Hindu Philosophy and Buddhism. He is also an avid student of the Occult Sciences and is currently researching human sacrifices and cannibalism in Indian black magic.