{"product_id":"9783032144607","title":"Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon: A Critical Companion","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon: A Critical Companion\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMurphy, Graham J.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book closely reads Mark Gruenwald's \u003cem\u003eSquadron Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e for its complex, contradictory, yet ultimately productive engagement with the social dreaming of utopianism. Specifically, \u003cem\u003eSquadron Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e provides critical traction for readers to engage with the social dreaming of utopianism by asking how it depicts the pursuit of a radically alternative society, at what cost, and whether that cost is worth paying. These questions fuel the \u003cem\u003eutopia problematic\u003c\/em\u003e, which, in turn, points to the productive tension in \u003cem\u003eSquadron Supreme.\u003c\/em\u003e By extension, \u003cem\u003eSquadron Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e's commitment to the \u003cem\u003eutopia problematic\u003c\/em\u003e also provides opportunities to think through utopia and the state of exception, labor in the condition of epivitality, the tension with ends justifying the means, and the persistent resilience of an anti-utopianism that increasingly defines the United States' contemporary socio-political landscape. While this book focuses on the social dreaming of utopianism as the core thread uniting the chapters of Mark Gruenwald’s groundbreaking series, it also provides access points to several theoretical and critical topics to further unpack the series.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-02-12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032144607\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-14461-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 132\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44809627009164,"sku":"9783032144607","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032144607.jpg?v=1773312523","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032144607","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}