Representations of the post/human : monsters, aliens and others in popular culture
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Representations of the post/human : monsters, aliens and others in popular culture
（Manchester studies in religion, culture and gender）
Manchester University Press, 2002
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-251) and index
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Description
As we enter the 21st century, technology promises to shape our lives more profoundly than ever before. Advances in medical, reproductive, genetic and information technologies all serve to confuse the boundaries between humans, machines and what we call nature. The category of the "posthuman" reflects the implications of such technologies on contemporary culture, especially in their capacity to reconfigure the human body and to challenge our most fundamental understandings of human nature. The debate about such issues is not only conducted within academic and scientific circles, but is also addressed in the realms of popular culture and the creative arts. From the myth of Prometheus, the Jewish legend of the golem, the Gothic horror of Frankenstein's monster, to contemporary postmodern science fiction, a gallery of fantastic creatures haunt Western myth, religion and literature. They serve to connect contemporary debates with enduring concerns about the potential, and the limits, of human creativity.
Table of Contents
- List of figures
- Series Editor's Foreword
- Preface: On cathedrals, canals and computers
- Introduction: Mapping the post/human
- Part One: Science Fiction
- 1. Representing the post/human
- 2. The gates of difference
- Part Two: Monstrosity, genealogy and representation
- 3. What made Victor's creature monstrous? 4. Body of clay, body of glass
- 5. In whose image? The politics of representation
- Part Three: Post/humanities
- 6. Much ado about Data
- 7. 'Nietzsch gets a modem': transhumanism and the technological sublime
- 8: The end of the human? 9. Cyborg writing
- 10. Gods and monsters
- References
- Index
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