The Cyborg experiments : the extensions of the body in the media age /: the extensions of the body in the media age. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Joanna Zylinska.
• Other Names: Zylinska, Joanna, 1971-
• Contents: Extending McLuhan into the New Media Age: An Introduction p. 1 -- The Cyborg Links -- High-Tech Frankenstein, or Heidegger Meets Stelarc p. 15 -- The Human/Not Human in the Work of Orlan and Stelarc p. 33 -- Stelarc and Orlan in the Middle Ages p. 56 -- Towards a Compliant Coupling: Pneumatic Projects, 1998-2001 p. 73 -- The Obsolete Body? -- What Does an Avatar Want? Stelarc's E-motions p. 81-- Planned Obsolescence: Flying into the Future with Stelarc p. 101 -- Probings: An Interview with Stelarc p. 114 -- Para-Site p. 131 -- Self-hybridation -- Morlan p. 149 -- The Virtual and/or the Real p. 168 -- Anger, Art and Medicine: Working with Orlan p. 172 -- Aesthetics and Ethics: Technological Perspectives -- In Defence of Prefigurative Art: The Aesthetics and Ethics of Orlan and Stelarc p. 181 -- Ph/autography and the Art of Life: Gillian Wearing's Ethical Realism p. 193 -- 'The Future ... Is Monstrous': Prosthetics as Ethics p. 214 -- Name Index p. 237.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 303.48/3; Human-machine systems; Cyborgs; Robotics -- Social aspects; SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects; Cyborgs; Human-machine systems; Robotics -- Social aspects; Robotik; Körper; Mensch-Maschine-System; Androïde; Art et technologie; Cyborg; Humanité; Interaction homme-machine; Robotique; Mens-machine-systemen; Cyborg; Bodyart; Filosofische aspecten; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780826459022; 0826459021; 9780826459039; 9781847144393
• Related ISBNs: 082645903X; 184714439X; 0826459021; 082645903X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.