The Socio-ontological Solipsism in the Work of Philip K. Dick
Abstract
An important feature of the work of one of the most influential science fiction writers of the last century, Philip Kindred Dick, is the manifestation of different experiences of reality by one or more actors - creating an impression among readers that it is possible to speak of several different planes of existence within a single narratively given reference frame. Contrary to other authors who have dealt with this problem, we do not interpret them in terms of parallel or alternative ontologically equal realities, but as ontologically different existential sources, which will, through narrative resolution, in most of Dick's work, pour into one social plane. Without going into the literary and artistic aspects of the work, this analysis reveals its still unrecognized cultural message - socio-onto-logical solipsism, relevant to the understanding of not only the twentieth century but contemporary social utopias as well.
Keywords:
solipsism / social utopia / social ontology / science fiction / Philip K. Dick / heteropragmatics / heterochrony / anthropologySource:
Etnoantropološki problemi, 2018, 13, 1, 111-133Publisher:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Identity Politics of the European Union: Customisation and Application in the Republic of Serbia (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177017)
- Transformation of Cultural Identities in Contemporary Serbia and the European Union (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177018)
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Etnologija i antropologija / Ethnology and AnthropologyTY - JOUR AU - Žikić, Bojan AU - Milenković, Miloš AU - Sinani, Danijel PY - 2018 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2690 AB - An important feature of the work of one of the most influential science fiction writers of the last century, Philip Kindred Dick, is the manifestation of different experiences of reality by one or more actors - creating an impression among readers that it is possible to speak of several different planes of existence within a single narratively given reference frame. Contrary to other authors who have dealt with this problem, we do not interpret them in terms of parallel or alternative ontologically equal realities, but as ontologically different existential sources, which will, through narrative resolution, in most of Dick's work, pour into one social plane. Without going into the literary and artistic aspects of the work, this analysis reveals its still unrecognized cultural message - socio-onto-logical solipsism, relevant to the understanding of not only the twentieth century but contemporary social utopias as well. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd T2 - Etnoantropološki problemi T1 - The Socio-ontological Solipsism in the Work of Philip K. Dick EP - 133 IS - 1 SP - 111 VL - 13 DO - 10.21301/eap.v13i1.6 ER -
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Žikić, B., Milenković, M.,& Sinani, D.. (2018). The Socio-ontological Solipsism in the Work of Philip K. Dick. in Etnoantropološki problemi Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd., 13(1), 111-133. https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v13i1.6
Žikić B, Milenković M, Sinani D. The Socio-ontological Solipsism in the Work of Philip K. Dick. in Etnoantropološki problemi. 2018;13(1):111-133. doi:10.21301/eap.v13i1.6 .
Žikić, Bojan, Milenković, Miloš, Sinani, Danijel, "The Socio-ontological Solipsism in the Work of Philip K. Dick" in Etnoantropološki problemi, 13, no. 1 (2018):111-133, https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v13i1.6 . .