Alien Chic (ePub)
Posthumanism and the Other Within
(Sprache: Englisch)
"Alien Chic" sets out to provide a cultural history of the alien since the 1950s, asking why our attitudes to aliens have changed from fear to affection, and what this can tell us about how we now see ourselves and others.
The author begins by exploring...
The author begins by exploring...
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"Alien Chic" sets out to provide a cultural history of the alien since the 1950s, asking why our attitudes to aliens have changed from fear to affection, and what this can tell us about how we now see ourselves and others.
The author begins by exploring our relationship with the concept of aliens, primarily through films, including "Invaders from Mars," "Mars Attacks" and "Mission to Mars." He then progresses to ideas of humanism and what makes us human, taking in the works of thinkers such as Descartes, Barthes, Freud, and Derrida.
The book then considers the concept of posthumanism in an age in which the lines between what is human and what is non-human are increasingly blurred by advances in science and technology, for example cloning and genetic engineering, and the development of AI and cyborgs. This leads to the question of whether our embracing of all things 'alien' stems from a need to reaffirm ourselves as "human."
Written in a clear and engaging style, Alien Chic is an original and thought-provoking contribution to the study of posthumanism.
The author begins by exploring our relationship with the concept of aliens, primarily through films, including "Invaders from Mars," "Mars Attacks" and "Mission to Mars." He then progresses to ideas of humanism and what makes us human, taking in the works of thinkers such as Descartes, Barthes, Freud, and Derrida.
The book then considers the concept of posthumanism in an age in which the lines between what is human and what is non-human are increasingly blurred by advances in science and technology, for example cloning and genetic engineering, and the development of AI and cyborgs. This leads to the question of whether our embracing of all things 'alien' stems from a need to reaffirm ourselves as "human."
Written in a clear and engaging style, Alien Chic is an original and thought-provoking contribution to the study of posthumanism.
Autoren-Porträt von Neil Badmington
Neil Badmington is Lecturer in Cultural Criticism and English Literature at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University. He is the editor of Posthumanism (Palgrave, 2000)
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Neil Badmington
- 2004, 224 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- ISBN-10: 1134388888
- ISBN-13: 9781134388882
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.08.2004
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