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A collection of stories dealing
with core anthropological issues, such as the definition of 'human', the role of
adaptation in human evolution, the development of social groups and establishment
of complex societies, and appreciation of other cultural systems and the relation
of humans to the universe. While each story has been chosen on the basis of its
anthropologically related content, not all of them are clear examples of thought
experiments.
[Source: Ilan and Dragan Jakimovska. "Text as Laboratory: Science Fiction Literature as Anthroplogical Thought Experiment." Antropologija 10.2 (2010)]
[Source: Ilan and Dragan Jakimovska. "Text as Laboratory: Science Fiction Literature as Anthroplogical Thought Experiment." Antropologija 10.2 (2010)]
Contents
* Contents derived from the
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The Cage,
single work
short story
science fiction
After landing safely on an unexplored planet the 53 surviving crew members of the Lode Star find themselves trapped when their space ship's atomic reactors explode. It is then that they are forced to confront not only their immediate survival but the long-term future of their new civilisation. Fundamental objectives like food, clothing and shelter become scarce, while relationships between men and women are made on grounds other than love. Complicating matters is the fact that the men outnumber the women. And then they encounter the planet's original inhabitants... a species which wants to 'scientifically' examine these newcomers.
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