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Turkish science fiction dates back to the early years of the twentieth century and serious development has been seen ever since. The writers, who escaped from the darkness of the First World War and took refuge in utopian science fiction, added the excitement created by science and technology to their texts over time. Turkish writers, who followed the science fiction works from the West and made efforts for the development of this genre, produced very qualified works that could compete with their contemporaries at some points. However, due to some historical, social, and economic problems, it was not possible for these works to meet readers in the West. In this anthology, the works of Turkish science fiction writers are brought together for the first time in English. Contemporary science fiction writers have written short stories for this anthology. Hence, the resulting diversity of stories represents a contribution to science fiction literature. An important feature of the anthology is that it includes examples showing how science and technology are perceived philosophically by authors outside of Europe and America. Since literature is an indispensable resource to investigate the equivalent of science fiction, which was born with modernism, in "post-modern" societies. This anthology of Turkish science fiction will be an important Non-Western SF source for both science fiction readers and researchers.

Yirmi birinci yüzy¿l ile birlikte ivme kazanan NBIC (nanoteknoloji, biyoteknoloji, enformasyon teknolojileri ve bili¿im bilim) teknolojileri al¿¿¿lageldik kavramlar üzerinden yap¿lan geleneksel insan tan¿mlar¿n¿ ve insana yükledi¿imiz de¿erleri de¿i¿tirmektedir. ¿nsan¿n ve do¿an¿n 'do¿as¿n¿' de¿i¿tirmenin e¿i¿inde olan kök hücre arät¿rmalar¿, yeniden üreme biyoteknolojileri, sentetik biyoloji, insan genom ve gen-tasar¿m teknolojilerinden, klonlama teknolojileri, türler aras¿ organ nakil teknolojileri ve suni hayat ve yapay yäam ortamlar¿na kadar birçok biyomedikal, biyoteknolojik ve sibernetik bulu¿ yeni bir dönüm noktas¿n¿ ya da insanl¿k tarihinde yeni bir k¿r¿lmay¿ i¿aret etmektedir. Söz konusu geli¿melere e¿lik eden dü¿ünsel de¿i¿imler ise insana ve do¿aya dair genel geçer ve asla de¿i¿mez diye adland¿rd¿¿¿m¿z temel kategorileri sorgulayarak dönü¿ümün gereklili¿ini vurgulamaktad¿r. Posthümanizm bu dönü¿ümlerin bir yans¿mas¿ olarak, geçmi¿, bugün ve gelecek aras¿ndaki bälar¿ irdeler; bu bälamda da insan, insan-ötesi/ üstü/sonras¿/d¿¿¿/ alternatif senaryolar üretir/sunar. Bütün bu geli¿meleri ve dönü¿ümleri ele almay¿ amaçlayan Posthümanizm Serisi'nin ilk kitab¿ olan Edebiyatta Posthümanizm, Bat¿ toplumlar¿n¿ ideolojisini ve zihniyetini yüzy¿llard¿r besleyen insan¿ evrenin merkezi kabul eden anlay¿¿ biçiminin vuku buldu¿u insan/do¿a, insan/insan-olmayan gibi ikili dü¿ünce sistemini kökten çökerten posthümanizm kuramlar bütününün edebi yaz¿nda nas¿l kavramsallät¿r¿ld¿¿¿n¿ sorgulamaktad¿r. Bu bälamda, bu kitap Posthümanizm ve Edebiyat ili¿kisini derinlemesine inceleyen farkl¿ co¿rafyalarda ve farkl¿ dönemlerde yaz¿lm¿¿ çe¿itli Osmanl¿-Türk ve Bat¿ edebiyatlar¿ndan örnekleri posthümanist kuramsal yaklä¿mlar çerçevesinde analiz ederek insan ötesi yäam türlerinin edebiyattaki yans¿malar¿n¿ tart¿¿¿r. Seçilen eserlerde posthümanizmin feminizm, ekoele¿tiri, biyopolitika ve transhümanizm gibi kuramlarla birbirlerine katk¿s¿ do¿rultusunda yak¿ndan ili¿kisi incelenmektedir."Temel bir yap¿t. Türk miras¿n¿n derin bilgeli¿i ve bilgisi ile posthüman söylemi aras¿nda - veya tam tersi - köprü kuran bir yap¿ tä¿. Ne oldu¿umuzun - bireyler olarak, türler olarak, gezegen olarak - daha fazla anlä¿lmas¿na yönelik yerel ve küreselin, dünün, bugünün ve yar¿n¿n bulu¿tu¿u edebi bir geli¿im yolculu¿u."- Francesca Ferrando, New York Üniversitesi, ABD

Technologies of Feminist Speculative Fiction: Gender, Artificial Life, and the Politics of Reproduction explores how much technology has reshaped feminist conversations in the decades since Donna Haraway's influential "e;Cyborg Manifesto"e; was published. With sections exploring reproductive technologies, new ways of imagining femininity and motherhood via artificial means, queer readings of gender as a social technology, and posthuman visions of a world beyond gender, this book demonstrates how feminist speculative fiction offers an urgently needed response to the intersections of women's bodies and technology. This collection brings together authors from Europe, Japan, the US and the UK to consider speculative films and texts, reproductive technologies and food futures, and opportunities to rethink family, aging, gender and sexuality, and community through feminist speculative fiction, a social technology for building better futures.