Toward a Cosmopolitan Science Fiction.

LE Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018; LEFT Hand of Darkness, The (Book : Le Guin); ROCANNON'S World (Book); PLANET of Exile (Book); SCIENCE fiction; IMPERIALISM in literature; CONTINGENCY, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left (Book)

A literary criticism of the Hainish cycle of novels and novellas by Ursula K. Le Guin, including "The Left Hand of Darkness," "Rocannon's World," and "Planet of Exile," is presented. According to the author, Le Guin's work is representative of the larger science fiction trend of challenging imperial narratives of conquest and exploring cosmopolitan politics. The book "Contingency, Hegemony, Universality" by theorists Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau, and Slovoj Žižek is also discussed.