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Abstract sex philosophy, bio-technology and the mutations of desire Luciana Parisi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parisi, Luciana, author.
- Series:
- Transversals.
- Transversals
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex--Philosophy.
- Sex.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London New York Continuum 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Astract Sex investigates the impact of advances in contemporary science and information technology on conceptions of sex. Evolutionary theory and the technologies of viral information transfer, cloning and genetic engineering are changing the way we think about human sex, reproduction and the communication of genetic information. Abstract Sex presents a philosophical exploration of this new world of sexual, informatic and capitalist multiplicity, of the accelerated mutation of nature and culture
- Contents:
- Contents; Diagram; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Abstract Sex; 1 Virtual Sex; 2 Symbiotic Sex; 3 Parthenogenic Sex; 4 Biodigital Sex; 5 Hypernature: A diagram of molecular modifications; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221) and index
- ISBN:
- 9786611298999
- 9781472546050
- 1472546059
- 9781281298997
- 1281298999
- 9781847140340
- 1847140343
- OCLC:
- 320325745
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