Although there is a great deal of available material on using nontraditional resources for teaching sociology, the pedagogical uses of science fiction have not been examined for 20 years. This essay first asserts the need for an update based on changes in society and in science fiction over the past two decades. The paper then focuses on the uses of SF to teach sociology and critical thinking by describing how SF can help students to “make strange” (i.e., develop a skeptical, questioning stance), to “make believe” (i.e., develop critical and creative thinking), and to “make real” (i.e., use sociological concepts and theories). As illustration, the essay concludes with a detailed description of the use of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in teaching introductory sociology.

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再版《科幻与社会学导论：课堂上的使女》

尽管有大量关于使用非传统资源进行社会学教学的可用材料，但科幻小说的教学用途已有 20 年没有被研究过。本文首先断言需要根据过去二十年社会和科幻小说的变化进行更新。然后，本文通过描述 SF 如何帮助学生“使人变得陌生”（即，形成怀疑、质疑的立场）、“使人相信”（即，培养批判性和创造性），重点关注 SF 在教授社会学和批判性思维方面的用途。思考），并“实现”（即使用社会学概念和理论）。作为说明，本文最后详细描述了玛格丽特·阿特伍德 (Margaret Atwood) 的《使女的故事》(The Handmaid's Tale) 在社会学入门教学中的使用。