Posthumanism : A Critical Analysis
Stefan. Herbrechter
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (247 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - FC; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Towards a critical posthumanism; 2. A genealogy of posthumanism; 3. Our posthuman humanity and the multiplicity of its forms; 4. Posthumanism and science fiction; 5. Interdisciplinarity and the posthumanities; 6. Posthumanism, digitalization and new media; 7. Posthumanity - subject and system; Afterword: The other side of life; Bibliography; Index. - What does it mean to be human today? The answer to this question, which is as old as the human species itself, is becoming less and less certain. Current technological developments increasingly erode our traditional humanist reflexes: consciousness, emotion, language, intelligence, morality, humour, mortality - all these no longer demonstrate the unique character and value of human existence. Instead, the spectre of the ''posthuman'' is now being widely invoked as the ''inevitable'' next evolutionary stage that humans are facing. Who comes after the human? This is the question that posthumani
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| ISBN | 9781780936062. - 9781780938370
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