Carmen Laguarta-Bueno

Representing (Post)Human Enhancement Technologies in Twenty-First Century US Fiction (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This work approaches, from dual perspective of the optimistic transhumanist philosophy and the more balanced perspective of critical posthumanism, 21st century novels by Richard Powers, Dave Eggers and Don DeLillo as representative of a new trend of US fiction concerned with the topic of the technological augmentation of the human condition

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000655285
• Artikelnr.: 64308860

Autorenporträt

Carmen Laguarta-Bueno is a lecturer at the Department of English and German Studies at the University of Zaragoza. Her work has been published in journals such as Atlantis and The Nordic Journal of English Studies, and in volumes such as Transhumanism and Posthumanism in Twenty-First Century Narrative (Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Transhumanism and Critical Posthumanism
Literary Representations of the Trans- and the Posthuman
Cyberpunk, Postcyberpunk, and Beyond
1. Richard Powers's Generosity: An Enhancement (2009): A Metafictional
Reflection on the Biotechnological Pursuit of Happiness
Generosity: An Enhancement and Transhumanism: The Biotechnological Pursuit
of Happiness
Critical Posthumanism and Metafiction in Generosity: An Enhancement
2. When Utopia Meets Dystopia: Social Media Tools and Surveillance Devices
in Dave Eggers's The Circle (2013)
The Circle and Transhumanism: Social Media Tools and Surveillance Devices
Critical Posthumanism, Utopia, and Dystopia in The Circle
3. Don DeLillo's Zero K (2016): Transhumanism, Trauma, and the Ethics of
Premature Cryopreservation
Zero K and Transhumanism: Life Extension Technologies
Critical Posthumanism and Trauma in Zero K
Conclusion
Index

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

Transhumanism and Critical Posthumanism

Literary Representations of the Trans- and the Posthuman

Cyberpunk, Postcyberpunk, and Beyond

1. Richard Powers's Generosity: An Enhancement (2009): A Metafictional Reflection on the Biotechnological Pursuit of Happiness



Generosity: An Enhancement and Transhumanism: The Biotechnological Pursuit of Happiness
Critical Posthumanism and Metafiction in Generosity: An Enhancement

2. When Utopia Meets Dystopia: Social Media Tools and Surveillance Devices in Dave Eggers's The Circle (2013)



The Circle and Transhumanism: Social Media Tools and Surveillance Devices
Critical Posthumanism, Utopia, and Dystopia in The Circle

3. Don DeLillo's Zero K (2016): Transhumanism, Trauma, and the Ethics of Premature Cryopreservation



Zero K and Transhumanism: Life Extension Technologies
Critical Posthumanism and Trauma in Zero K

Conclusion

Index