Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 327 g
Consciousness and the Posthuman
Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 327 g
Reihe: Consciousness, Literature and the Arts
ISBN: 978-90-420-1948-5
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi
Presented here for the first time, the essential argument of this book is more than a warning; it gives a direction: far better to practice patience and develop pure consciousness and evolve into a higher human being than to fall prey to the Faustian temptations of biotechnological power. As argued throughout the book, each person must choose for him or herself between the technological extension of physical experience through mind, body and world on the one hand, and the natural powers of human consciousness on the other as a means to realize their ultimate vision.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
Chapter 1: Consciousness and the Posthuman
Chapter 2: The Latent Powers of Consciousness vs. Bionic Humans
Chapter 3: Derrida’s Indian Literary Subtext
Chapter 4: Consciousness and the Posthuman in Short Fiction
Chapter 5: Frankenstein: The Monster’s Constructedness and the Narrativity of Consciousness
Chapter 6: William Gibson’s Neuromancer: Technological Ambiguity
Chapter 7: Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash: Humans are not Computers
Chapter 8: Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: Unicorns, Elephants and Immortality
Chapter 9: Cyborg Revelations: Marge Piercy’s He, She and It
Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Survival of Human Nature
Works Cited
Index