The Imagination of Disaster
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| - | “'''The Imagination of Disaster'''” is an essay by Susan Sontag in ''[[Against Interpretation]]''. | + | “'''The Imagination of Disaster'''” (1965) is an essay by [[Susan Sontag]] first published in ''[[Commentary]]'' and collected in ''[[Against Interpretation]]''. |
| :"Sontag sees the essence of [[Science fiction film|sci-fi film]]s as the vivid representation of [[catastrophe]] precipitated directly or indirectly by the misuse of [[science]] and [[technology]]. The perils of science are magnified by the spectre of [[nuclear bomb|the Bomb]]. Almost every aspect of “futuristic” [[calamity]] might be seen as a [[metaphor]] for the bomb or evil parties involved ([[alien invader]]s)." [http://students.risd.edu/faculty/dkeefer/web/end/sontag.htm] | :"Sontag sees the essence of [[Science fiction film|sci-fi film]]s as the vivid representation of [[catastrophe]] precipitated directly or indirectly by the misuse of [[science]] and [[technology]]. The perils of science are magnified by the spectre of [[nuclear bomb|the Bomb]]. Almost every aspect of “futuristic” [[calamity]] might be seen as a [[metaphor]] for the bomb or evil parties involved ([[alien invader]]s)." [http://students.risd.edu/faculty/dkeefer/web/end/sontag.htm] | ||
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"in the science fiction films, lurk the deepest anxieties about contemporary existence. I don't mean only the very real trauma of the Bomb—that it has been used, ..."--"The Imagination of Disaster" () by Susan Sontag |
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“The Imagination of Disaster” (1965) is an essay by Susan Sontag first published in Commentary and collected in Against Interpretation.
- "Sontag sees the essence of sci-fi films as the vivid representation of catastrophe precipitated directly or indirectly by the misuse of science and technology. The perils of science are magnified by the spectre of the Bomb. Almost every aspect of “futuristic” calamity might be seen as a metaphor for the bomb or evil parties involved (alien invaders)." [1]
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