The Man in the High Castle and Philosophy: Subversive Reports from Another Reality (Popular Culture and Philosophy (111))

Synopsis

The Man In The High Castle Is An Amazon Tv Show, Based On The Philip K. Dick Novel, About An 'alternate Present' (beginning In The 1960s) In Which Germany And Japan Won World War Ii, With The Former Western Us Occupied By Japan, The Former Eastern U.s. Occupied By Nazi Germany, And A Small 'neutral Zone' Between Them. A Theme Of The Story Is That In This Alternative World There Is Eager Speculation, Fueled By The Illicit Newsreel, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, About How The World Would Have Been Different If America Had Won The War. Twenty-two Professional Thinkers Look At Philosophical Issues Raised By This Ongoing Enterprise In 'alternative History.' One Question Is Whether It Really Made A Profound Difference That The Allies Won The War, And Exactly What Differences In Everyday Life We May Expect To Arise From An Apparent Historical Turning Point. Could It Be That Some Dramatic Historical Events Have Only Superficial Consequences, While Some Unnoticed Occurrences Lead To Catastrophic Results?--provided By Publisher. I. Now Wait For Last Season -- Juliana In Plato's Cave -- Say Heil! To Architecture -- Saving Hitler's Life -- Ii. The World Dick Made -- Cruel Optimism And The Good Nazi Life -- In The Neutral Zone, A Libertarian's Home Is Their (high) Castle -- The Self-willed And Ignorant Law -- What If Your Hero Is A Fascist? -- Iii. Captives Of Unchance -- Is It Free Will If You Pay For It? -- Could The Axis Have Won The War? -- Defying Fate -- Iv. Flow My Tears, The Ethicist Said -- Is Resistance To Fascism Terrorism? -- Are We Really Sure They're Wrong? -- But Why Is Our World Better? -- Reel Lucky -- V. A Maze Of What-ifs -- Farts, Butterflies, And Inner Truth -- How Close Is That World To Our World? -- When Worlds Diverge -- Vi. A Video Darkly -- How To Deal With Reality When We're Not Built To -- What If Evil Had Won? -- The Spirit Of Abstraction -- After Death It Can Get Worse. Edited By Bruce Krajewski And Joshua Heter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.