The possessed individual : technology and postmodernity
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The possessed individual : technology and postmodernity
（Culture Texts）
Macmillan, 1992
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The impact of French theory from Baudrillard and Barthes to Virilio, Lyotard, Deleuze and Guattari in the form of post-structuralism and postmodern theory has, Arthur Kroker argues, masked its true significance as an eloquent account of technology not as an object we can hold outside ourselves but an invasive cynical power, where under the sign of possessed individualism life is enfolded within the dynamic technological language of virtual reality.
Table of Contents
The Possessed Individual: Technology and New French Theory - Bodies without Wills: Paul Virilio's War-Machine - The Despotic Sign: Barthes' Rhetoric of Technology - Why Should We Talk When We Communicate So Well: Baudrillard Natural Cyborgs - Becoming Virtual (Technology): The Confessions of Deleuze and Guattari - Libidinal Technology: Lyotard in the New World - Cynical Aesthetics: The Games of Foucault - Epilogue: The Paris Simulacrum
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