Globalization and the posthuman / by William S. Haney II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haney, William S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical anthropology.

Human body (Philosophy).

Consciousness.

Culture and globalization.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.

Language Note:

English

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 and the experience of the internal observer, the non-socially constructed self or pure consciousness. Furthermore, many features of globalization in-and-of itself-such as the fall of public man, the exterritorialization of capital, the loss...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSION; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-162) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-19299-X

9786612192999

1-4438-0944-6

OCLC:

432428836