Terror in the Texts: Technology – Law – Future |
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Authors: | Tranter Kieran |
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Institution: | (1) College of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia, PO Box 1225, Fremantle, 6959, Western Australia, Australia |
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Abstract: | This paper is concerned withlaw's failure and need to manifest theessentiality of technology for the West. Thiswill be shown through a critical reading of therelated fictional and juridical projects ofAmerican golden age science fiction and spacelaw. This analysis involves sensitivity to theterrors that bind together technology, law andthe future. It is argued that cornucopia, thevictory of modernism through technology, ispresented in science fiction and space law asterrorised by its other – dystopia. Thisterrorising means that cornucopia activelyresists dystopia. However, this resistiveenterprise is flawed – cornucopia never escapesdystopia. Alternative images of humanity andtechnology are needed to escape these flawedimaginings of the West. The paper concludesthat the cyborg offers the potential for aregenerative thinking about technology and law. |
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Keywords: | cyborg cornucopia dystopia space law science fiction technology terror |
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