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An introduction to science fiction and political philosophy / Timothy McCranor -- Fiction and the science of self-reflection: Francis Bacon's New Atlantis and the idols of the mind / Erin A. Dolgoy and Kimberly Hurd Hale -- Utopianism and realism in Shakespeare's The Tempest / Paul T. Wilford and Nicholas Anderson -- Frankenstein and the ugliness of enlightenment / Jeff J. S. Black -- Technology and anxiety in Melville's "Lightning-Rod Man" / Tobin L. Craig -- The head, the hands, and the heart: Political rationalism in Fritz Lang's Metropolis / Damien K. Picariello -- Technology and human nature in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World / Nivedita Bagchi -- An exhortation to secure humanity against the Buggers: Ender's Game / Steven Michels and Danielle Sottosanti -- Seeing and being seen in the kingdom of ends: On Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith, and Star Trek: The Next Generation / Daniel J. Kapust -- Knowledge of death in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go / Constance C. T. Hunt -- Founding a posthuman political order in M. R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts / Erin A. Dolgoy and Kimberly Hurd Hale -- Bacon, Transhumanism, and reflections from the Black Mirror / David N. Whitney and Steven Michels.

The article is devoted to a discussion of important methodological problems of the modern history of psy-chology. It is argued that the history of psychology in Russia was formed as a separate area of scientific and psychological knowledge, its methodological foundations were developed in research works of sev-eral generations of scientists. Despite the advances of the modern Russian history of psychology, there remain unresolved methodological problems, resulting in the lack of a full-fledged universal history of psychology that would satisfactorily explain the development of psychological science and characterize its prospects. The article discusses in detail the ideas on the development of the history of psychology proposed by Russian scientist M.S. Rogovin in the 1960s. The historical and psychological concept of M.S. Rogovin remains underestimated, and sometimes it is interpreted incorrectly. Historical and psycho-logical knowledge is considered by M.S. Rogovin as a unity of subject and methodological knowledge, and psychology itself includes three different but interrelated contents: pre-scientific, philosophical, and scientific, which interact throughout the history of psychology. Rogovin distinguishes the external and in-ternal history of psychology, considering it as the dynamics of psychological concepts and the conditions that guide it. Rogovin is the founder of conceptual analysis in the Russian history of psychology. The dy-namics of concepts are considered at three levels (facts as indicators of the movement of psychological concepts; internal relationships between psychological concepts, their self-movement associated with the functioning of certain psychological mechanisms; dynamics of concepts within the theoretical systems of modern psychology). This article is the first to distinguish the stages in M.S. Rogovin's work. At the third stage (from the 1970s), the author develops a structural-level approach to the study of the psyche. The ar-ticle analyzes some provisions of the theory of M.S. Rogovin that are important for the development of a non-linear (level) history of psychology. It is argued that the ideas expressed by the author are of heuristic importance for the development of the history of psychology in the future. Based on the ideas of M.S. Rogovin, it is possible to proceed to the development of the history of psychology based on the level in-terpretation of the subject of psychology, the prospects of this approach are assessed in the article.

An exploration of the extraordinary story of Jewish POWs in German captivity during the Second World War - extraordinary because of the contrast between Germany's genocidal policy towards Jews on one hand, and its relatively non-discriminatory treatment of Jewish POWs from western countries on the other

It is commonly hoped that technological innovation will sustain development and obviate the need for extensive socioeconomic change. Historically, free markets have increased the quantity of technological innovation, which has in turn enhanced economic growth. This article shows that market selection probably will not produce the technological innovation required to sustain development. Social structures and habitual practices also inhibit technological change, and market choices of technology could prevent ecologically efficient technological innovations. Only political direction of science and technology will optimize the contribution of technology to sustainable development. However, there is no theory or experience to act as a guide to policymaking. In addition, in the medium to long term, technology is indeterminate, selected by local process perturbations. This article suggests some policy directions for science and technology and argues that models borrowed from the life sciences may permit more effective government direction of the technology system.

Cultural Science is a new way of thinking about culture. The book synthesises recent work across different disciplines, setting out a new, evolutionary approach to cultural studies. Engaging with scientific traditions in a way that previous literature has failed to do, it promises to be break new ground in social scientific scholarship.

Using historical anecdotes as well as modern story-telling and basic science, this book describes how humans are changing the chemistry of our air and oceans. The great life-giving cycles that maintain a livable environment are being altered, causing wide range of consequences. Very real solutions, technological and economic are also addressed.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Canon of Political Thought -- 1 Plato's Republic: The Debate over Justice Begins -- 2 The Students Revolt against Utopia -- 3 Out of the Cave and into the Light-and Back Again? -- 4 Beyond Plato's Tragic Republic -- 5 Aristotle's Ethics: The Habits of Virtue -- 6 Aristotle's Politics: Severed Hands and Political Animals -- 7 Augustine and the Problem of Evil -- 8 Machiavelli's Dirty Hands -- 9 Hobbes and the Kingdom of Means -- 10 Locke, Liberalism, and the Possessive Life -- 11 Rousseau and the Rustic -- 12 Rousseau and the Political -- 13 Kant's Crooked Timber -- 14 John Stuart Mill and the Demands of Individuality -- 15 Hegel, Marx, and the Owl of Minerva -- 16 The Revival of Political Theory -- Conclusion: The Passion for Politics -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index