<b>Numbers for an Alternative Anthropocene: Population Counting and Humanity’s Place Among Other Species in Daniel Keys Moran’s <i>Tales of the Continuing Time </i></b> // Cifras para un antropoceno alternativo: Recuento de población y el lugar de la humanidad entre otras especies en <i>Tales of the Continuing Time</i> de Daniel Keys Moran
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https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2018.9.1.1640Keywords:
Population growth, animal studies, science fiction, neo-Malthusianism, evolution // Crecimiento poblacional, estudios de los animales, ciencia ficción, neo-malthusianismo, evoluciónAbstract
This article approaches the science fiction series Tales of the Continuing Time from an animal studies perspective: examining Daniel Keys Moran’s future earth which uses the means of respecting other intelligent species (artificial intelligences, genetically engineered beings, and aliens) rather than enforced bans on fertility to stop human population growth. Moran’s world government, the Unification, does not enforce such bans effectively, despite taking over the Earth for this purpose. Moran’s novels offer a picture of what happens when the rhetoric around population growth, and possibly justified fear, obstructs human will and human self-restraint.
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Este artículo aborda la saga de ciencia ficción Tales of the Continuing Time desde la perspectiva de los estudios de los animales. Así, se investiga la Tierra futurista de las novelas de Daniel Keys Moran, en las cuales se representa un respeto hacia otras especies inteligentes (inteligencias artificiales, seres humanos genéticamente modificados, y extraterrestres) para parar el crecimiento poblacional, en vez de narrativizar políticas de prohibición la fertilidad. El gobierno planetario de las novelas, la Unificación, no impone tales prohibiciones de manera eficaz, a pesar de tomar el control del planeta con este fin. Las novelas de Moran ofrecen una imagen de lo que ocurre cuando la retórica sobre el crecimiento poblacional y el terror posiblemente justificado obstruyen la voluntad y el autocontrol humanos.
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