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The posthuman imagination : literature at the edge of the human / edited by Tanmoy Kundu, Saikat Sarkar.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanism.
- Humanism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2021]
- Summary:
- This volume, including an extended interview with noted philosopher of posthumanism Francesca Ferrando, explores the contemporary philosophical, literary and cultural landscapes that have emerged as a response to the unavoidable crisis faced by humans in the Anthropocene era. The essays gathered here map posthumanism both as theoretical posthumanism, which primarily seeks to develop new knowledge, and as practical posthumanism, which emphasizes socio-political, economic, and technological changes. Posthumanism, which explores how one can address the question of what means to be human today, is a burgeoning area of interest among universities across the globe. Written in accessible, yet scholarly, language, this volume introduces posthumanism in its diverse ramifications and explicates the subject through various literary and filmic texts in order to cater to the needs of researchers and students in the humanities.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Message
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Posthuman Ecology, Ontology, Definition of the Human
- European Literary Modernisms and the Ontology of Object
- Posthumanist Streaks and Textures
- Posthuman Ecology and Capitalist Decay in Wall-E and Avatar
- Stratified Identity
- Mental Health and Cyberspace
- Cyborg, Machine, Transhumanism
- The Advent of Interactive Digital Text]
- Man, Machine and the Individual Will in Alex Proyas' I, Robot
- We Are All Cyborgs Now
- The Crisis of the Human Existence in the 20th and the 21st Centuries
- Dystopia/Utopia
- The Posthuman 'Self' in Dystopian TV Series'
- Nostalgic Futurism and the Politics of the Posthuman
- Existence Beyond the Mundane Self
- Posthuman Body, Disease
- Posthuman Bodies
- Lord Have Mercy upon Us
- Dialogue on Posthuman Life
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5275-6593-9
- OCLC:
- 1237863263
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