Speculative Whiteness

Jordan S. Carroll is author of Reading the Obscene: Transgressive Editors and the Class Politics of US Literature, which won the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars.

"Carroll reminds us that our future is contingent. Fascists have a vision for the future that excludes most of humanity, but fascists can be defeated. The future is for everyone-if we make it that way." -Los Angeles Review of Books   "A small book with a mighty punch." -Choice Magazine   "The book is an important chronicle documenting the past decade or so of right wing extremism at the level of aesthetics and political ontology, and there is nothing else quite like it."-De Facto Podcast   "“[For]  those  who  consider  the  world  of  culture  as  less meaningful  and  important  than  realpolitik,  drawing  connections  between  science  fiction and the far right may seem frivolous at best. Carroll’s engaging and concise book, however, connivingly dispels such misgivings by showing how science fiction offers a unique window into the inner workings of key far-right thinkers, both past and present.”"-Ethnic and Racial Studies