Episode 12: Jordan Carroll, Science Fiction, the Alt-Right, and 'Speculative Whiteness'

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Utopian and Dystopian Fictions

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Utopian and Dystopian Fictions is a podcast for scholars, thinkers, and anyone with an interest in utopian and dystopian theory, literature, film, and television. It’s hosted by Dr Matthew Leggatt (Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Winchester) and Dr Liam Knight (Independent Scholar). In each episode we interview a different academic in the field and interrogate myths and common misconceptions about the genre. If you have any feedback or questions, please feel free to send us an email, using utopiananddystopianfictions@gmail.com.

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Episode 12: Jordan Carroll, Science Fiction, the Alt-Right, and 'Speculative Whiteness'

Utopian and Dystopian Fictions

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5 months ago

Episode 12: Jordan Carroll, Science Fiction, the Alt-Right, and 'Speculative Whiteness'

In this episode, we speak with Jordan Carroll, a writer, editor, and scholar who holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of California, Davis.

Our discussion with Jordan primarily centres on his most recent book, Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right (University of Minnesota Press, 2024), which reveals the alt-right’s project to claim science fiction and - by extension - the future. Here, we discuss the relationship between the alt-right and science fiction (and how and why the alt-right might choose to appropriate or misread the genre), science fiction as a colonialist genre, and the nebulous, ever-changing nature of the alt-right in the contemporary moment.

You can find out more about Jordan and his work here: https://jordanscarroll.wordpress.com/

And you can buy Speculative Whiteness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speculative-Whiteness-Science-Alt-Right-Forerunners/dp/1517917085

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