Transhumanism and posthumanism in twenty-first century narrative. (2021)
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- Book
- Title:
- Transhumanism and posthumanism in twenty-first century narrative. (2021)
- Main Title:
- Transhumanism and posthumanism in twenty-first century narrative
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Sonia Baelo-Allué, Mónica Calvo-Pascual.
- Editors:
- Baelo-Allué, Sonia
Calvo-Pascual, Mónica - Contents:
- (Trans/Post)Humanity and Representation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Anthropocene: An Introduction. Sonia Baelo-Allué and Mónica Calvo-Pascual Section I. Theoretical Approaches: Looking Back, Looking Ahead 1. Before Humanity: Or, Posthumanism Between Ancestrality and Becoming Inhuman. Stefan Herbrechter 2. From Utilitarianism to Transhumanism: A Critical Approach. Maite Escudero-Alías 3. Posthuman Modes of Reading Literature Online. Alexandra Glavanakova Section II. Transhumanism: The Uneasiness of Human Enhancement 4. Vigilance to Wonder: Human Enhancement in TED Talks. Loredana Filip 5. Patterns of Posthuman Numbness in Shirley & Gibson’s "The Belonging Kind" and Eggers’s The Circle . Francisco Collado-Rodríguez 6. Subjects of the ‘Modem’ World: Writing U. in Tom McCarthy’s Satin Island. Margalida Massanet Andreu Section III. Transhumanism: Trauma and (Bio)Technology 7. The Paradoxical Anti-Humanism of Tom McCarthy’s C : Traumatic Secrets and the Waning of Affects in the Technological Society. Susana Onega 8. Don DeLillo’s Zero K : Transhumanism, Trauma, and the Ethics of Premature Cryopreservation. Carmen Laguarta-Bueno 9. A Dystopian Vision of Transhuman Enhancement: Speciesist and Political Issues Intersecting Trauma and Disability in M. Night Shyamalan’s Split. Miriam Fernández-Santiago Section IV. Posthumanity: Post-Anthropocentric Scenarios 10. The Call of Anthropocene: Resituating the Human through Trans- & Posthumanism; Notes of Otherness in Works of(Trans/Post)Humanity and Representation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Anthropocene: An Introduction. Sonia Baelo-Allué and Mónica Calvo-Pascual Section I. Theoretical Approaches: Looking Back, Looking Ahead 1. Before Humanity: Or, Posthumanism Between Ancestrality and Becoming Inhuman. Stefan Herbrechter 2. From Utilitarianism to Transhumanism: A Critical Approach. Maite Escudero-Alías 3. Posthuman Modes of Reading Literature Online. Alexandra Glavanakova Section II. Transhumanism: The Uneasiness of Human Enhancement 4. Vigilance to Wonder: Human Enhancement in TED Talks. Loredana Filip 5. Patterns of Posthuman Numbness in Shirley & Gibson’s "The Belonging Kind" and Eggers’s The Circle . Francisco Collado-Rodríguez 6. Subjects of the ‘Modem’ World: Writing U. in Tom McCarthy’s Satin Island. Margalida Massanet Andreu Section III. Transhumanism: Trauma and (Bio)Technology 7. The Paradoxical Anti-Humanism of Tom McCarthy’s C : Traumatic Secrets and the Waning of Affects in the Technological Society. Susana Onega 8. Don DeLillo’s Zero K : Transhumanism, Trauma, and the Ethics of Premature Cryopreservation. Carmen Laguarta-Bueno 9. A Dystopian Vision of Transhuman Enhancement: Speciesist and Political Issues Intersecting Trauma and Disability in M. Night Shyamalan’s Split. Miriam Fernández-Santiago Section IV. Posthumanity: Post-Anthropocentric Scenarios 10. The Call of Anthropocene: Resituating the Human through Trans- & Posthumanism; Notes of Otherness in Works of Jeff Vandermeer and Cixin Liu. Justus Poetzsch 11. "Am I a person?" Biotech Animals and Posthumanist Empathy in Jeff Vandermeer’s Borne. Monica Sousa 12. Posthuman Cure: Biological and Cultural Motherhood in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam . Esther Muñoz-González 13. Posthuman Transformation in Helen Marshall’s The Migration. Sherryl Vint Conclusion: Towards a Post-Pandemic, (Post)Human World. Sonia Baelo-Allué and Mónica Calvo-Pascual … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 809.911
Humanism in literature
Literature, Modern -- 21st century -- History and criticism - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000374018
9781000373967
9781003129813 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780367655136
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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