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Liminal Characters in the Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick: A study of the anthropological, religious and pscychological aspects of Dick's liminal characters - Couverture souple

Salvesen, Petter Lundegaard

 
9783847332527: Liminal Characters in the Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick: A study of the anthropological, religious and pscychological aspects of Dick's liminal characters
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ISBN 10 : 384733252X ISBN 13 : 9783847332527
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The structural connection between the diachronic liminal characters and their synchronic liminal counterparts has a lot of effects and implications in Dick’s sf. When synchronic liminal shamans bewitch other characters into becoming liminal initiates, the diachronic liminal characters are separated from their single-reality states and enter a state of uncertainty between a material world and a spiritual reality. At this stage, the diachronic liminal characters are all, like adolescents, unable to function properly in their lives. However, when they re-aggregate into a single-reality state, namely the world of “adults”, the diachronic liminal characters have developed and become wiser. What the diachronic threshold characters experience as real is debated through the various liminal states Dick’s synchronic threshold characters find themselves in. By means of the estranged sf universes of the fictionalising philosopher Philip Dick, the answers to these questions present new interpretations of what is human, what is divine and what is civilized.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The structural connection between the diachronic liminal characters and their synchronic liminal counterparts has a lot of effects and implications in Dick’s sf. When synchronic liminal shamans bewitch other characters into becoming liminal initiates, the diachronic liminal characters are separated from their single-reality states and enter a state of uncertainty between a material world and a spiritual reality. At this stage, the diachronic liminal characters are all, like adolescents, unable to function properly in their lives. However, when they re-aggregate into a single-reality state, namely the world of “adults”, the diachronic liminal characters have developed and become wiser. What the diachronic threshold characters experience as real is debated through the various liminal states Dick’s synchronic threshold characters find themselves in. By means of the estranged sf universes of the fictionalising philosopher Philip Dick, the answers to these questions present new interpretations of what is human, what is divine and what is civilized.

Biographie de l'auteur

Petter L. Salvesen is born 16.11.1985 in Farsund, Norway. He took his masters degree 2011 and is currently studying to become a teacher of English, Sports and Norwegian in the Norwegian upper secondary school. He was introduced to Dick's fiction through an American Satire course held by Michael J. Prince, PhD, at the University of Agder.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
384733252X
ISBN 13 
9783847332527
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
104
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