Last and First Men: Science fiction, Olaf Stapledon, Future history, Species, Hegelian Dialectic, Civilizations, Genetic engineering, Supermind, ... Genocide, Last Men in London, Star Maker - Tapa blanda

Last and First Men

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Stapledon's conception of history is based on the Hegelian Dialectic, following a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, but it is also one of progress, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. The book anticipates the science of genetic engineering, and is an early example of the fictional supermind; a consciousness composed of many telepathically-linked individuals. 136 pp. Englisch. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9786130751548

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