'Inferno' de Dan Brown: Solución imaginaria a problema real (Dan Brown's 'Inferno': An Imaginary Solution to a Real Problem)
Ibercampus (Aug. 30, 2013)
8 Pages Posted: 11 Mar 2015 Last revised: 13 Sep 2016
Date Written: 2013
Abstract
Spanish Abstract: Examinamos el best-seller de Dan Brown 'Inferno', en el contexto de la dinámica ecológica de la civilización industrial: la explosión poblacional, la crisis energética que se avecina, y las críticas neo-malthusianas del desarrollo sostenible. Es de notar cómo la novela se organiza de modo que la esterilización masiva programada y la manipulación genética de un déspota ilustrado aparezcan como estrategias deseables frente al colapso global.
English Abstract: An examination of Dan Brown's best-selling novel 'Inferno', in the context of the ecological dynamics industrial civilization: the population explosion, the impending energy crisis, and the neo-Malthusian critique of sustainable growth. it is to be noted how the novel is organized so as to make programmed mass sterilization and genetic manipulation by an enlightened despot as desirable strategies as against global collapse.
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Keywords: American literature, Best-sellers, Novel, Dan Brown, Ecology, Global crisis, Population, Despotism, Ideology, Malthusianism
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