Crisis Managed: Forging Postcapitalist Futures in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Recent Political Science Fiction

Anna Gilarek

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Kim Stanley Robinson uses science fiction as a means of political inquiry and a literary simulator of alternative socioeconomic solutions. In his novels, he frequently refers to the pressing need for a systemic transformation and envisions viable postcapitalist alternatives. The article discusses various aspects of the postcapitalist transition depicted in two of Robinson’s recent novels: "New York" 2140 (2017) and "The Ministry for the Future" (2020).


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political science fiction; capitalism; postcapitalism; capitalist realism; utopian science fiction

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/lsmll.2024.48.2.85-96
Date of publication: 2024-07-10 11:05:41
Date of submission: 2023-07-13 12:37:29


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