Representing (Post)Human Enhancement Technologies in Twenty-First Century US Fiction

Representing (Post)Human Enhancement Technologies in Twenty-First Century US Fiction
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9781000655339
ISBN-13 : 1000655334
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Book Synopsis Representing (Post)Human Enhancement Technologies in Twenty-First Century US Fiction by : Carmen Laguarta-Bueno

Download or read book Representing (Post)Human Enhancement Technologies in Twenty-First Century US Fiction written by Carmen Laguarta-Bueno and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work studies three twenty-first century novels by Richard Powers, Dave Eggers and Don DeLillo as representative of a new trend of US fiction concerned with the topic of the technological augmentation of the human condition. The different chapters provide, from the double perspective of the optimistic transhumanist philosophy and the more balanced approach of critical posthumanism, an overview of the narrative strategies used by the writers to explore the possibilities that biotechnology, digital technologies and cryonics open up to transcend our human limitations, while also warning their readers of their most nefarious consequences. Ultimately, the book puts forward the claim that even if the writers approach the subject from a variety of perspectives and using different narrative styles and techniques, they all share a critical posthumanist fear that an unrestrained and unquestioned use of technology for enhancement purposes may bring about disembodiment and dehumanization.


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