The Rejection of Rationalism in Recent Science Fiction Films
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Jump to navigationJump to searchRoth, Lane. "The Rejection of Rationalism in Recent Science Fiction Films." Philosophy in Context ll (1981), "Philosophy and Science Fiction," 3d essay, no pagination.
On STAR WARS, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (all cited under Drama). Relates these films to Romantic rebellion: the spaceship "as a marvelous machine could aptly symbolize the material culmination of the Age of Reason . . . . In the context of the Science Fiction film, however, the spaceship signifies a denial of this philosophy." In the films he discusses, LR finds spaceships as obstacles or limitations, to be eliminated or transcended. See LR's notes for further readings.
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