Sci-Fi and Social Justice: An Overview. On Furtherfield.
By Paul March-Russell.
https://goo.gl/AHvsdG
"Popularly misunderstood as a cautionary warning against playing God (a notion
that Shelley only introduced in the preface to the 1831 edition),
Frankenstein’s meaning is really captured in this passage. Shelley, influenced
by the radical ideas of her parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft,
makes it clear that the Creature was born good and that his evil was the
product only of his mistreatment. Echoing the social contract of Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, the Creature insists that he will do good again if Frankenstein, for
his part, does the same. Social justice for the unfortunate, the misshapen and
the abused is what underlies the radicalism of Shelley’s novel."
Paul March-Russell teaches Comparative Literature at the University of Kent and
is editor of the sf journal, Foundation.
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