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How We Became Posthuman Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature and
Informatics 1999 350 pages Complementary Texts N.
Katherine Hayles (Writing Machines) Jay David Bolter & Richard Grusin Keywords Copyright © 2005-2008 Isabel Pedersen |
Hayles stipulates her view of the Posthuman subject in this
often-quoted passage: If my nightmare is a culture inhabited by posthumans who regard their
bodies as fashion accessories rather than the ground of being, my dream is a
version of the posthuman that embraces the possibilities of information
technologies without being seduced by fantasies of unlimited power and
disembodied immortality; that recognizes and celebrates finitude as a
condition of the human being, and that understands human life is embedded in
a material world of great complexity, one on which we depend for our
continued survival. (How We Became Posthuman 5) |