Mapping Hubris: Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle and Odysseus' Apologoi.
Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle is an apocalyptic story of scientific research gone awry following its divorce from ethics. John, Vonnegut's protagonist and narrator, tells the story of how 'pure research' and hubristic technological development utterly destroy the world through unforeseen consequences...
| Published in: | International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 116 - 138 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2015
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