We discuss the sci-fi novel “The Dispossessed” by Ursula K. Le Guin and talk about why temporal physics is a good metaphor for social movements, how gender dynamics look under different societal structures, and the cyclical nature of anarchy.
Cited in this episode:
Jonas Gerald. “Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88.” The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html
Klarer, Mario. “Gender and the ‘Simultaneity Principle’: Ursula Le Guin's ‘The Dispossessed’.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/24780621
Tavormina, M. Teresa. “Physics as Metaphor: The General Temporal Theory in The Dispossessed.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/24780261
Williams, Donna Glee. “The Moons of Le Guin and Heilen.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/4240331
The music used in this episode is "Lost Souls" by Portrayal freemusicarchive.org/music/Portraya…l_-_Lost_Souls used under an attribution license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
