Human cloning

[Kevin Reese]

Vladimir Savchenko's science fiction novel "Otkrytie sebia" (1967) was 
translated as "Self-discovery" by McMillan in 1979 as part of their 
McMillan's best of Soviet Science fiction series.  Antonina Bouis was 
the translator.

The novel is about a cyberneticist who invents a computer that is 
capable of producing copies of humans, which leads to many interesting 
moral conundrums.  It is considered one of the key scifi works of the 
post-war period.

Kevin Reese

Quoting Katherine Bowers <k-bowers at NORTHWESTERN.EDU>:

> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> A colleague in Life Sciences and I are working on designing a course that
> deals with links between scientific research, political ideology, and
> ethics.  We are looking at issues that appear in Russian novels and films
> and how the same issues are discussed/debated in contemporary 
> research circles.
>
> My colleague is very interested in doing a unit on human cloning.  We are
> looking for a Russian text or film that would be accessible to
> non-Russian-speaking freshmen to fit into this unit.  We are already using
> the two Bulgakov texts ("Fatal Eggs", "Heart of a Dog") in other units of
> course, and I have already been thinking about possibly using the film "4",
> but am afraid it may be too strange for college freshmen without much
> knowledge of Russian history/literature/culture/cinema to get their minds
> around.
>
> Let me know if you have any suggestions.  Really, any suggestions at all,
> even if not directly about human cloning (but somewhat related), will be
> helpful!  Thanks!
>
> Katia Bowers
>
> k-bowers at northwestern.edu
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
>  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
>                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------