Futures of the Human Subject
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Futures of the Human Subject

Technical Mediation, Foucault and Science Fiction

Sławomir Kozioł

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Futures of the Human Subject

Technical Mediation, Foucault and Science Fiction

Sławomir Kozioł

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Futures of the Human Subject focuses on the representation of the effects of technology use on human subjectivity in several recent near-future science fiction novels. Sharing the idea that human subjects are constructed in the world in which they exist, this volume inscribes itself in the wider field of posthumanism which contests the liberal humanist notion of people as self-contained, autonomous agents. At the same time, it is the first substantial study of literary representations of the human subject carried out within the conceptual framework of Foucault-inflected philosophy of technical mediation, which examines the nature of the relation between people and specific technologies as well as the way in which this relation affects human subjectivity. As such, the book may help readers to exercise more effective control over the way in which they are constituted as subjects in this technologically saturated world.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
ISBN
9781000638097
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism in Science Fiction
Index
Literature

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APA 6 Citation

Kozioł, S. (2022). Futures of the Human Subject (1st ed.). Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3566389 (Original work published 2022)

Chicago Citation

Kozioł, Sławomir. (2022) 2022. Futures of the Human Subject. 1st ed. Routledge. https://www.perlego.com/book/3566389.

Harvard Citation

Kozioł, S. (2022) Futures of the Human Subject. 1st edn. Routledge. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3566389 (Accessed: 17 June 2024).

MLA 7 Citation

Kozioł, Sławomir. Futures of the Human Subject. 1st ed. Routledge, 2022. Web. 17 June 2024.