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Prometheus Bound, Frankenstein and Battlestar Galactica William Blais
Duquesne University Duquesne Scholarship Collection Electronic Theses and Dissertations Fall 2009 A Hermeneutic Exploration of the Literature of Technology: Prometheus Bound, Frankenstein and Battlestar Galactica William Blais Follow this and additional works at: https://dsc.duq.edu/etd Recommended Citation Blais, W. (2009). A Hermeneutic Exploration of the Literature of Technology: Prometheus Bound, Frankenstein and Battlestar Galactica (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/327 This Immediate Access is brought to you for free and open access by Duquesne Scholarship Collection. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Duquesne Scholarship Collection. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A HERMENEUTIC EXPLORATION OF THE LITERATURE OF TECHNOLOGY: PROMETHEUS BOUND, FRANKENSTEIN AND BATTLESTAR GALACTICA A Dissertation Submitted to the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts Duquesne University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy By William P. Blais December 2009 Copyright by William P. Blais 2009 A HERMENEUTIC EXPLORATION OF THE LITERATURE OF TECHNOLOGY: PROMETHEUS BOUND, FRANKENSTEIN AND BATTLESTAR GALACTICA By William P. Blais Approved November 17, 2009 ________________________________ ________________________________ Michael Sipiora, Ph.D. Eva Simms, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Professor of Psychology (Committee Chair) (Committee Member) ________________________________ ________________________________ Stanton Marlan, Ph.D., ABPP Daniel Burston, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Professor of Psychology (Committee Member) (Department Chair) ________________________________ Christopher M. Duncan, Ph.D. Dean, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts iii ABSTRACT A HERMENEUTIC EXPLORATION OF THE LITERATURE OF TECHNOLOGY: PROMETHEUS BOUND, FRANKENSTEIN AND BATTLESTAR GALACTICA By William P. -
And Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Evil, Dangerous, and Just Like Us: Androids and Cylons in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) and Battlestar Galactica (2003) A Project Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Department of English University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon By Chelsea Catherine Cox © Copyright Chelsea Catherine Cox, September 2011. All Rights Reserved. PERMISSION TO USE In presenting this project in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Postgraduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan, I agree that the Libraries of this University may make it freely available for inspection. I further agree that permission for the copying of this project in any manner, in whole or in part, for scholarly purposes may be granted by the professor or professors who supervised my project work or, in their absence, by the Head of the Department or the Dean of the College in which my thesis work was done. It is understood that any copying or publication or use of this project or parts thereof for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. It is also understood that due recognition shall be given to me and to the University of Saskatchewan in any scholarly use which may be made of any material in my project. Requests for permission to copy or to make other uses of materials in this project in whole or part should be addressed to: Head of the Department of English University of Saskatchewan 9 Campus Drive Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A5 Canada OR Dean College of Graduate Studies and Research University of Saskatchewan 107 Administration Place Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2 Canada i ABSTRACT The nature of humanity and what it means to be human has long been the focus of science fiction writers in all media. -
Eschatology and the Technological Future
Eschatology and the Technological Future This book offers an insightful and timely analysis of key theorists and ideas in the intersection between theology and technology. From the religiously inspired technological optimism of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Nikolai Fedorov, to the darker technological pessimism of Jacques Ellul, the contributions of Christian theorists to under- standing the technological milieu can offer us fresh perspectives on some intractable problems of modern life. As Burdett clearly shows, technological optimism and utopianism have religious roots, and a technological culture that ignores its own roots is in danger not only of environmental devastation, but also existential and spiritual despair. A fi ne book at a critical time. — David Lewin, Liverpool Hope University, UK The rapid advancement of technology has led to an explosion of speculative theories about what the future of humankind may look like. These “tech- nological futurisms” from the fi elds of nanotechnology, biotechnology and information technology are drawing growing scrutiny from the philosophi- cal and theological communities. This text seeks to contextualize the grow- ing literature on the cultural, philosophical and religious implications of technological advancement by considering technological futurisms such as transhumanism in the context of the long historical tradition of technologi- cal dreaming. Michael Burdett traces the latent religious sources of our con- temporary technological imagination by looking at visionary approaches to technology and the future in seminal technological utopias and sci- ence fi ction and draws on past theological responses to the technological future with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Jacques Ellul. Burdett’s argu- ment arrives at a contemporary Christian response to transhumanism based around the themes of possibility and promise by turning to the works of Richard Kearney, Eberhard Jüngel and Jürgen Moltmann. -
From Puppet to Cyborg: Posthuman and Postmodern Retellings of the Pinocchio Myth
FROM PUPPET TO CYBORG: POSTHUMAN AND POSTMODERN RETELLINGS OF THE PINOCCHIO MYTH By Georgia Panteli Thesis submitted to University College London for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy CENTRE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY & INTERCULTURAL INQUIRY (CMII), SCHOOL OF EUROPEAN LANGUAGES, CULTURE & SOCIETY (SELCS) UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 1 Declaration of Authorship I, [Georgia Panteli] confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own. Where information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated in the thesis. 2 Abstract The myth of Pinocchio is the story of a puppet that desires to become human and achieves it with the power of his will. Created by Carlo Collodi in The Adventures of Pinocchio, the myth of Pinocchio is linked to the fairy tale tradition and is the most recent manifestation of the animate/inanimate archetype. This thesis is the first systematic study of the Pinocchio myth and examines how it has been used and reinterpreted in different retellings across different media and disciplines. The first part of this study focuses on Pinocchio retellings in film and shows that the most contemporary example of the Pinocchio myth is in the story of the sentient cyborg/robot that desires humanity. Moving from the classic in the field of cyborg studies Blade Runner through Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence, which directly links the robot to Pinocchio, to the least technophobic and most transhumanist Battlestar Galactica, Chapter 1 demonstrates how all case studies are connected to Collodi’s novel through the confrontation scene, a specific passage in the text which touches upon the core of the Pinocchio myth, as Pinocchio is confronted both by the Blue Fairy and his corporeality. -
Excavating the Future
EXCAVATING THE FUTURE Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 57 Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies Editor David Seed, University of Liverpool Editorial Board Mark Bould, University of the West of England Veronica Hollinger, Trent University Rob Latham, University of California Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck College, University of London Patrick Parrinder, University of Reading Andy Sawyer, University of Liverpool Recent titles in the series 34. Mike Ashley Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazine from 1970–1980 35. Patricia Kerslake Science Fiction and Empire 36. Keith Williams H. G. Wells, Modernity and the Movies 37. Wendy Gay Pearson, Veronica Hollinger and Joan Gordon (eds.) Queer Universes: Sexualities and Science Fiction 38. John Wyndham (eds. David Ketterer and Andy Sawyer) Plan for Chaos 39. Sherryl Vint Animal Alterity: Science Fiction and the Question of the Animal 40. Paul Williams Race, Ethnicity and Nuclear War: Representations of Nuclear Weapons and Post-Apocalyptic Worlds 41. Sara Wasson and Emily Alder, Gothic Science Fiction 1980–2010 42. David Seed (ed.), Future Wars: The Anticipations and the Fears 43. Andrew M. Butler, Solar Flares: Science Fiction in the 1970s 44. Andrew Milner, Locating Science Fiction 45. Joshua Raulerson, Singularities 46. Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel (edited, translated and with an introduction by Peter Swirski) 47. Sonja Fritzsche, The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film 48. Jack Fennel: Irish Science Fiction 49. Peter Swirski and Waclaw M. Osadnik: Lemography: Stanislaw Lem in the Eyes of the World 50. Gavin Parkinson (ed.), Surrealism, Science Fiction and Comics 51. Peter Swirski, Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future 52. -
Battlestar Galactica Logo, Brandmarks, Imagery, Characters, Concepts, Derivatives All © Syfy, a Division of Nbcuniversal. Learn
Battlestar Galactica logo, brandmarks, imagery, characters, concepts, derivatives all © SyFy, a division of NBCUniversal. Learn more at http://www.syfy.com/battlestar/ Background image found via galactica.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page SEMpdx SearchFest 2012 – Advanced On-Site SEO SEO, Site Performance, BBATTLESTARATTLESTAR GGALACTICAALACTICA Jonathon Colman Twitter @jcolman In-House SEO for REI www.REI.com Background image found via matttoomb.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/galactica_overview.jpg SEMpdx SearchFest 2012 – Advanced On-Site SEO Download: http://slidesha.re/BSG-SEO Jonathon Colman Twitter @jcolman In-House SEO for REI www.REI.com Background image found via matttoomb.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/galactica_overview.jpg NEW: SEMpdx SearchFest 2012 – Advanced On-Site SEO DIRECTOR’S CUT! Download: http://slidesha.re/BSG-SEO Jonathon Colman Twitter @jcolman In-House SEO for REI www.REI.com Background image found via matttoomb.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/galactica_overview.jpg Background image found via gamespot.com/forums/topic/29005504/february-releases--crazly-packed-56k-oh-no-?page=5 SEO and Sandworms: Marketing on Arrakis Background image found via walldesk.net/wallpaper/wallpapers-games-emperor-battle-for-dune.asp?f=5779 Where are my keywords? Life on the Island of (not provided) Background image found via girlgonegeekblog.com/2012/04/confessions-of-a-lost-late-bloomer/ The Walking Dead: After the PandApocalypse Background image found via best-background-tv-desktop-wallpapers.blogspot.com/2011/08/walking-dead-tv-series-wallpapers.html -
Critical Humanism: Theory, Methodology, and Battlestar Galactica Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University It Seems Relativ
Critical Humanism: Theory, Methodology, and Battlestar Galactica Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University It seems relatively uncontroversial to assert that when social scientists set out to conceptualize their objects of study these days, one of their first stops when looking for models and metaphors involves the natural sciences. Thus we get “punctuated equilibrium,” “complex learning,” and other notions derived from evolutionary theory; we get notions of “balancing” that clearly display their mechanistic origins; and we get models of individual decision-making that rely on cognitive psychology and even neurology.1 Our conceptual stock seems to have been, for the most part, seized in raids on the fertile fields of the natural sciences. Indeed, it is almost as if we expect that the intellectual parentage of a natural-scientific notion will magically imbue our theories with explanatory power. One way to justify this practice is to embrace physicalist reductionism: the notion that what is established in a more “basic” science like physics or biology or psychology will necessarily provide a good starting-point for those of us operating in the “special” sciences like IR. Unless we want to go all the way with physicalist reductionism, however—and few of us seem to want to do so2—there is precisely no reason why the fact that a notion like “punctuated equilibrium” or “balancing” serves an explanatory 1 The use of these latter notions in IR, though, might also be warranted by a critical realist methodology of using a laboratory to adduce causal powers that are then presumed to continue to operate in the open system of the real world. -
Law, Technology and Science Fiction
Technical Legality: Law, Technology and Science Fiction Author Tranter, Kieran Published 2010 Thesis Type Thesis (PhD Doctorate) School Griffith Law School DOI https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/2422 Copyright Statement The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise. Downloaded from http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366905 Griffith Research Online https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au Technical Legality: Law, Technology and Science Fiction Kieran Tranter Bachelor of Science (Griffith University) Bachelor of Laws (Hon 1) (Griffith University) Socio-Legal Research Centre, Griffith Law School, Griffith University, Queensland Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 11 May 2010 i For Sophia and Alexander ii Abstract This thesis concerns the intersections of law and technology, referred to here as ‘technical legality’. It argues that reflection on technical legality reveals the mythic of modernity. The starting point for the argument is that the orthodox framing of technology by law – the ‘law and technology enterprise’ – does not comprehend its own speculative jurisdiction – that is, it fails to realise its oracle orientation towards imagining the future. In this science fiction as the modern West’s mythform, as the repository for projections of technological futures, is recognised as both the law and technology enterprise’s wellspring and cipher. What is offered in this thesis is a more thorough exploration of technical legality through taking science fiction seriously. This seriousness results in two implications for the understanding of technical legality. The first implication is that the anxieties and fantasies that animate the calling forth of law by technology become clearer. -
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WHY DO PEOPLE IMAGINE ROBOTS] This Project Analyzes Why People Are Intrigued by the Thought of Robots, and Why They Choose to Create Them in Both Reality and Fiction
Project Number: LES RBE3 2009 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Project Advisor: Lance E. Schachterle Project Co-Advisor: Michael J. Ciaraldi Ryan Cassidy Brannon Cote-Dumphy Jae Seok Lee Wade Mitchell-Evans An Interactive Qualifying Project Report submitted to the Faculty of WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science [WHY DO PEOPLE IMAGINE ROBOTS] This project analyzes why people are intrigued by the thought of robots, and why they choose to create them in both reality and fiction. Numerous movies, literature, news articles, online journals, surveys, and interviews have been used in determining the answer. Table of Contents Table of Figures ...................................................................................................................................... IV Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. I Literature Review .................................................................................................................................... 1 Definition of a Robot ........................................................................................................................... 1 Sources of Robots in Literature ............................................................................................................ 1 Online Lists ..................................................................................................................................... -
James Tiberius Kirk
1) Spaceships (at least 10) – captains - wherefrom Enterprise – James Tiberius Kirk – Star Trek (TV series) Prometheus – William Ronson – Stargate SG1 (TV series) Daedalos – Steven Caldwell – Stargate Atlantis (TV series) Destiny – Everett Young – Stargate Universe (TV series) Moya – John Crichton – Farscape (TV series) Battlestar Galactica – William Adama – Battlestar Galactica (TV series) Andromeda Ascendant – Dylan Hunt – Andromeda (TV series) Planet Express Ship – Turanga Leela – Futurama (TV series) Axiom – B. McCrea (there wasn’t said his first name) – Wall-e (Movie) TARDIS – Doctor – Doctor Who (TV series) Millenium Falcon – Han Solo – Star Wars (Movies) Icarus – George Taylor – Planet of the Apes (Movie) Heart of Gold – Zaphod Beebleprox – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy NSEA Protector – Peter Quincy Taggart – Galaxy Quest (Movie/parody) 2) Sci-fi vs. Fantasy, 5 sci-fi/fantasy books and series/movies + reasons why I like them Science fiction differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation). Exploring the consequences of such differences is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas". Science fiction is largely based on writing rationally about alternative possibilities. The settings for science fiction are often contrary to known reality. Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or settings. Many works within the genre take place on fictional planes or planets where magic is common. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three (which are subgenres of speculative fiction). -
Catastrophe, Collapse, and Decline in American Science Fiction
SHATTERED STATES CATASTROPHE, COLLAPSE, AND DECLINE IN AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION By Richard Charles Mulligan A DISSERTATION Submitted to Michigan State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY American Studies Program 2012 ABSTRACT SHATTERED STATES CATASTROPHE, COLLAPSE, AND DECLINE IN AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION By Richard Charles Mulligan This dissertation investigates how science fiction portrays the collapse of American society and its failure to recover in the wake of large-scale cataclysmic events in elation to the discourse of post-Cold War American hegemony. Although apocalyptic themes are as old as the genre itself, the analysis of post-apocalyptic SF has largely been tied to the Cold War and nuclear fears, or more recently to a shaken post-9/11 American psyche. However, this subgenre has a greater continuity that links those produced during the Cold War to recent stories; this analysis is critical of the cultural assumptions of a post-national future predicated on American-style democracy and liberal humanist values—both typical of mainstream SF. In the aftermath of cataclysm, the United States does not always recover and core values of American civic culture are among the casualties, something that counters the myth of American exceptionalism and “New World Order” representations of global hegemony. The argument for SF as a reflection of political and social discourse is not new. In the context of postcataclysm, SF is a minority discourse that remains subversive in its ability to talk about the unthinkable, whether that means the end of the world or just the post- American world. -
1 Addendum to “Human Or Cylon? Group Testing on Battlestar Galactica”
Addendum to “Human or Cylon? Group testing on Battlestar Galactica” by Christopher R. Bilder At the beginning of the “Cylon Detection” section on p. 48, it is said that Battlestar Galactica fans now know there were most likely seven Cylons out of the 47,905 individuals in the fleet … . Taking this seven as the true count, the overall prevalence becomes approximately 0.0001461. These seven Cylons were Saul Tigh, Ellen Tigh, Galen Tyrol, Tory Foster, Sharon "Boomer" Valerii (Number Eight), John Cavil (Number One), and D'Anna Biers (Number Three). By the time Baltar was to start general testing in the fleet (“Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down” episode), the Cylons Leoben Conoy (Number Two), Shelley Godfrey (Number Six), and Aaron Doral (Number Five), who were all originally in the fleet, had died. After the series ended, the movie “Battlestar Galactica: The Plan” was released on October 27, 2009, to DVD and will appear in 2010 on Syfy. The movie explored what the Cylons were doing from two weeks prior to their attack on the colonies to 281 days after their attack. It was revealed that there were actually two other Cylons in the fleet at the time of Baltar’s testing. These Cylons were a married Simon (Number Four) and another Number Six (referred to as “Tough Six”). Therefore, the number of Cylons becomes nine (prevalence of 0.0001879). New Figures 1 and 2 are at the end of this document. The minimum expected number of tests would be 256.06 (117 days) using halving and a maximum group size of 500.