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Routledge Representing (Post)Human Enhancement Technologies

Name: Routledge Representing (Post)Human Enhancement Technologies
Brand: Routledge
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Explore the intersection of literature and science with this scholarly study from Routledge. This work examines how twenty-first century US fiction addresses the technological augmentation of the human condition. By analyzing the novels of Richard Powers, Dave Eggers, and Don DeLillo, the text identifies a growing trend in contemporary writing regarding our changing biological and digital identities. Readers gain a deep understanding of the narrative strategies used to explore biotechnology, digital technologies, and cryonics. The book offers a dual perspective, looking through the lens of optimistic transhumanist philosophy alongside the more balanced approach of critical posthumanism. This analysis helps clarify how modern authors use fiction to explore the potential to transcend human limitations while providing necessary warnings about the future of our species. It is an essential resource for those interested in the non-human in literature and culture.

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Analyzes three major twenty-first century novels by Richard Powers, Dave Eggers, and Don DeLillo to identify trends in US fiction.

Examines the impact of biotechnology, digital technologies, and cryonics on the human condition through literary analysis.

Provides a dual perspective by comparing optimistic transhumanist philosophy with the balanced views of critical posthumanism.

Investigates the narrative strategies writers use to explore the possibilities and warnings of technological augmentation.

Offers scholarly insight into the evolving relationship between humanity and non-human technological advancements.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1032232412
Category: Books > Subjects > Computing & Internet
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 07 October 2022
Listed Since: 24 March 2022

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