Virtual futures : cyberotics, technology and post-human pragmatism / edited by Joan Broadhurst Dixon & Eric J. Cassidy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dixon, Joan Broadhurst, 1963-

Cassidy, Eric J., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Technology--Psychological aspects.

Computers and civilization.

Physical Description:

xii, 125 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Summary:

"Virtual Futures" explores the ideas that the future lies in its ability to articulate the consequences of an increasingly synthetic and virtual world. New technologies like cyberspace, the internet, and Chaos theory are often discussed in the context of technology and its potential to liberate or in terms of technophobia. This collection examines both these ideas while also charting a new and controversial route through contemporary discourses on technology; a path that discusses the material evolution and the erotic relation between humans and machines. Including essays by Sadie Plant, Stelarc and Manuel de Landa, the collection heralds the death of humanism and the rise of posthuman pragmatism. This collection provides analyses by both established theorists and the most innovative new voices working in conjunction between the arts and contemporary technology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0415133793

0415133807

OCLC:

36847804