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Informationen zum Autor Drew Ayers, Santa Barbara City College, USABabette Babich, Fordham University, USAJon Baldwin, London Metropolitan University, UKDouglas Brown, Falmouth University, UKWilliam Brown, University of Roehampton, UKJohn Bruni, Grand Valley State University, USAIvan Callus, University of MaltaCurtis D. Carbonell, Khalifa University, UAESteen Ledet Christiansen, Aalborg University, DenmarkJay Clayton, Vanderbilt University, USAT. Hugh Crawford, Georgia Institute of Technology, USAJames DiGiovanna, CUNY, USAFrancesca Ferrando, New York University, USAElaine Graham, University of Chester, UKGraham Harman, American University in Cairo, EgyptDan Hassler-Forest, University of Amsterdam, NetherlandsMichael Hauskeller, University of Exeter, UKPhil Henderson, University of Victoria, CanadaStefan Herbrechter, Heidelberg University, GermanyEric Hill, Winthrop University, USAJames Hughes, Trinity College, USAJoel Krueger, University of Exeter, UKTanya Krzywinska, Falmouth University, UKKevin LaGrandeur, New York Institute of Technology, USATarja Laine, University of Amsterdam, NetherlandsBrett Lunceford, Rhetorical Scholar, USATeodora Manea, University of Exeter, UKDavid Meeler, Winthrop University, USAJeff Menne, Oklahoma State University, USAPramod K. Nayar, University of Hyderabad, IndiaDónal P O'Mathúna, Dublin City University, IrelandAlexander D. Ornella, University of Hull, UKThomas D. Philbeck, World Economic Forum, GenevaAnat Pick, Queen Mary, University of London, UKRalph Pordzik, Würzburg University, Germany Anna Powell, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKDavid Roden, Open University, UKRhys Owain Thomas, University of East Anglia, UKSherryl Vint, University of California, Riverside, USAHilary Wheaton, University of Exeter, UKHub Zwart, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands Klappentext What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs, robots, vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine a light on how film and television evince and portray the philosophical roots, the social ramifications and the future visions of a posthumanist world. Zusammenfassung What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs! robots! vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine a light on how film and television evince and portray the philosophical roots! the social ramifications and the future visions of a posthumanist world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors 1. Posthumanism in Film and Television; Michael Hauskeller, Thomas D. Philbeck and Curtis D. Carbonell PART I: PAVING THE WAY TO POSTHUMANISM: THE PRECURSORS 2. From DelGuat to ScarJo; William Brown 3. Self-Immolation by Technology. Jean Baudrillard and the Posthuman in Film and Television; Jon Baldwin 4. Derrida on Screen; Stefan Herbrechter 5. Bruno Latour: From the Nonmodern to the Posthuman; T. Hugh Crawford 6. Friedrich Nietzsche and the Transhuman in Film and Television; Babette Babich PART II: VARIETIES OF PEOPLE-TO-COME: POSTHUMAN BECOMINGS 7. Terminated: The Life and Death of the Cyborg in Film and Television; Rhys Owain Thomas 8. Of Iron Men and Green Monsters: Superheroes and Posthumanism; Dan Hassler-Forest 9. Growing Your Own: Monsters from the Lab and Molecular Ethics in Post-Humanist Film; Anna Powell 10. Post-Singularity Entities in Film and TV; David Roden 11. Chimeras and Hybrids. The Digital Swarms of the Posthuman Image; Drew Ayers PART III: RISE OF THE MACHINES: POSTHUMAN INTELLECTS 12: Androids and the Posthuman in Television and Film; Kevin LaGrandeur 13. 'Change for the Machines'? Posthumanism as Digital Sentience; Sherryl Vint 14. Alive in the Net; Jay Clayton and Jeff Menne 15. Autonomous Fighting Machines. Narratives and Ethics; Donal O'Mathuna PART IV: BODY AND SOUL: POSTHUMAN SUBJECTIVITIES 16. Cont...
