Posthumanism [Elektronisk resurs] A Critical Analysis.
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Herbrechter, Stefan (författare)
- ISBN 9781780936901
- Publicerad: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013
- Engelska 1 online resource (247 p.)
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- 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 posthumanists a.
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- Människan (sao)
- Teknik och samhälle (sao)
- Teknik -- teori, filosofi (sao)
- Teknik -- sociala aspekter (sao)
- Teknik -- etik och moral (sao)
- Human beings.
- Technology -- Social aspects.
- Technology in literature.
- Technology and civilization (LCSH)
- Human beings (LCSH)
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- Electronic books. (LCSH)
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- BD450 .H467813 2013 (LCC)
- 149 (DDC)
- Dbcö (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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