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This course uses science fiction to understand politics

  • Written by Nicole Pankiewicz, Assistant Professor of Political Science, College of Coastal Georgia
This course uses science fiction to understand politicsScience fiction offers a glimpse of what governments of the world are – and can become.agsandrew via Getty ImagesText saying: Uncommon Courses, from The Conversation

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Title of course:

“Politics and Science Fiction”

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