Futures of the human subject : technical mediation, Foucault and science fiction

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    • Kozioł, Sławomir

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Futures of the human subject : technical mediation, Foucault and science fiction

Sławomir Kozioł

(Perspectives on the non-human in literature and culture)

Routledge, 2023 [i.e. 2022]

  • : hardback

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Futures of the Human Subject focuses on the representation of the effects of technology use on human subjectivity in several recent near-future science fiction novels. Sharing the idea that human subjects are constructed in the world in which they exist, this volume inscribes itself in the wider field of posthumanism which contests the liberal humanist notion of people as self-contained, autonomous agents. At the same time, it is the first substantial study of literary representations of the human subject carried out within the conceptual framework of Foucault-inflected philosophy of technical mediation, which examines the nature of the relation between people and specific technologies as well as the way in which this relation affects human subjectivity. As such, the book may help readers to exercise more effective control over the way in which they are constituted as subjects in this technologically saturated world.

目次

Introduction Chapter 1. Technical Mediation, Subjectivity and Science Fiction Early philosophy of technology and utopia/dystopia syndrome Empirical turn Posthuman perspective Philosophy of technical mediation-key concepts Technical mediation and Foucault Modes of human-technology interaction Ethics of technology Science fiction Chapter 2. The Circle: Embracing Social Media and Personal Transparency Utopian vision of ICTs as subjectifying discourse Self-conception, social self and the internet as archive Subjectifying power of the algorithm Pressure for social media activity Gamification and the quantified self Surveillance and personal transparency Chapter 3. Rainbows End: New Vistas through Displays in Contacts New life after Alzheimer's Materiality of discourse Wearing: the physical mode Cognitive enhancement Personal interaction and multitasking Belief circles and play Cognitive labour and control Chapter 4. Maddadam trilogy: Alleviating Existential Fears Life in the Compounds Ethical subjectification of God's Gardeners Makover culture Producing patients Becoming Crake Conclusion Works Cited

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