Posthuman Suffering and the Technological Embrace

Informationen zum Autor By Anthony Miccoli Klappentext Posthuman Suffering investigates the core assumptions of posthumanist discourse via philosophy, cultural studies, psychoanalytic theory, and close textual and filmic readings of Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, Don DeLillo's White Noise and Steven Spielberg's film, AI: Artificial Intelligence, bringing the more ontological and epistemological implications of posthumanism to the forefront. In the age of technology our own limitations are legitimized as unique to the human condition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction. Posthuman Assumptions and the Technological Embrace Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Inside Out and Prayers for Recognition Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Crying of Lot 49 and Posthuman Subjectivity Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Humanism Through Technology Chapter 5 Chapter 4. White Noise: Jack Gladney and the Evasion of Responsibility Chapter 6 Conclusion. A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Posthuman Envy

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Miccoli
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2010
• EAN: 9780739126332
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2633-2
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies