Marxism and science fiction

Authors

  • Roy Alfaro Vargas Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/praxis.72.5

Keywords:

Social Philosophy, Novum, Cognitive Estrangement

Abstract

This article analyzes the relation between Marxism and science fiction around the con- cept of novum and the process of cognitive estrangement, which define science fiction. This article studies the theory and practice of science fiction, so long as science fiction is a manifestation of the critical theory and, therefore, as a part of an ontology of congruence and of the social critique. Also, it is established a critique of the current science fiction what is linked to Neoliberalism and to the pedagogical project of World Bank.

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