Science fiction and myth creation in our age

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Science fiction functions as a form of myth creation in contemporary life and myth has a gnoseological function for archaic societies, as it creates a whole world-picture by complementing accumulated empirical knowledge with analogies drawn from familiar experience. Combining cognition and science fiction, it can be stated that world-models are similar to myths and the scientific knowledge at the level of popular consciousness also works in the similar way.

Comparative analysis, Religion and literature, Religious literature

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Generations and controversies: an overview of Japanese science fiction, 1957-1997

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A survey is given of science fiction in Japan, covering 1957-1997, with a focus on four generations of sf writers. First Generation writers include Kobo Abe and Shozo Numa; Koji Tanaka, Masaki Yamada, and Chiaki Kawamata represent the Second Generation; the Third Generation includes Motoko Arai, Chohei Kambayashi, and Mariko O'Hara; while Goro Masaki, Yumi Matsuo, and Hideaki Sena are among the Fourth Generation writers.

Japan, Popular culture

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Religious institutions in Spanish science fiction

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the mediation of alien contact events by religious institutions

Spain, Portrayals, Life on other planets, Extraterrestrial life, Religious aspects, Religious institutions, Religious organizations, Social control, Future in literature, Futuristic society, Spanish literature

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