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Globalization and the posthuman / William S. Haney II.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443809443
  • 1443809446
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Globalization and the posthuman.DDC classification:
  • 128 22
LOC classification:
  • BD450
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Contents:
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Literary Studies and the Philosophy and Science of Consciousness -- Chapter 2. Philip K. Dick's We Can Build You and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: The Effect of Limited Human Development -- Chapter 3. Arthur C. Clarke's 3001: The Final Odyssey -- Chapter 4. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny: Spiritual Undermining in SF -- Chapter 5. William Gibson's Neuromancer: Cyberpunk Organisms -- Chapter 6. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World: Inward and Outward Arcs -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- Index.
Summary: Globalization and the Posthuman argues that by globalizing posthumanism through biotechnology, particularly through the invasive interface of humans and machines, we may well interfere with and even undermine the innate quality of human psycho-physiology.
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Globalization and the Posthuman argues that by globalizing posthumanism through biotechnology, particularly through the invasive interface of humans and machines, we may well interfere with and even undermine the innate quality of human psycho-physiology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Literary Studies and the Philosophy and Science of Consciousness -- Chapter 2. Philip K. Dick's We Can Build You and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: The Effect of Limited Human Development -- Chapter 3. Arthur C. Clarke's 3001: The Final Odyssey -- Chapter 4. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny: Spiritual Undermining in SF -- Chapter 5. William Gibson's Neuromancer: Cyberpunk Organisms -- Chapter 6. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World: Inward and Outward Arcs -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- Index.

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