Cyberculture, cyborgs and science fiction : consciousness and the posthuman /
"Addressing a key issue related to human nature, this book argues that the first-person experience of pure consciousness may soon be under threat from posthuman biotechnology. Presented here for the first time, the essential argument of this book is more than a warning; it gives a direction: fa...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2006
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| Series: | Consciousness, literature & the arts ;
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Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Consciousness and the Posthuman; Chapter 2: The Latent Powers of Consciousness vs. Bionic Humans; Chapter 3: Derrida's Indian Literary Subtext; Chapter 4: Consciousness and the Posthuman in Short Fiction; Chapter 5: Frankenstein: The Monster's Constructedness and the Narrativity of Consciousness; Chapter 6: William Gibson's Neuromancer: Technological Ambiguity; Chapter 7: Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash: Humans are not Computers; Chapter 8: Haruki Murakami's Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: Unicorns, Elephants and Immortality
- Chapter 9: Cyborg Revelations: Marge Piercy's He, She and ItChapter 10: Conclusion: The Survival of Human Nature; Works Cited; Index