Lectio praecursoria: The Cowboy Politics of an Enlightened Future

History, Expansionism, and Guardianship in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction

Authors

  • Jari Käkelä University of Helsinki

Keywords:

Golden Age science fiction, frontier, guardianship, history, Isaac Asimov, John W. Campbell, Jr.

Abstract

Jari Käkelä (PhD) defended his dissertation The Cowboy Politics of an Enlightened Future: History, Expansionism, and Guardianship in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction at the University of Helsinki, Finland on the 9th of September, 2016. This essay is a slightly edited version of the lectio praecursoria given by Käkelä before the defense. Käkelä’s dissertation can be read at the e-thesis service: https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/166004

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Published

2017-02-28

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Section

Lectiones Praecursoriae