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Çomak, Hazal

 
9783330038387: Trans/Posthumanist Themes in American Science Fiction Novels
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3330038381 ISBN 13 : 9783330038387
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Our world goes through a constant change due to technological and scientific progress. Whether such transition bears pleasant possibilities or constitutes a step toward an undesirable future is a question which occupies many thinkers’ minds. As an important field to discuss about the interaction of technology, science and humans, science fiction reflects dystopian perspectives on the co-evolution of the human and the machine. The best examples to such pessimistic perspective is portrayed in “cyberpunk,” a sub-genre of science fiction which is mostly concerned with a dystopian near future in terms of technological advancements, exploring realms of the unknown through unpleasant interactions between man and technology. My aim is to read science fiction through two colliding perspectives: pessimistic and optimistic. To do that, in this book, taking the transhumanist and posthumanist discourses as a basis, I aspired to analyze the apocalyptic perspective in science fiction, focusing on cyberpunk narratives and contrasting these dystopian portrayals to the optimistic stance offered by transhumanist thinkers.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Our world goes through a constant change due to technological and scientific progress. Whether such transition bears pleasant possibilities or constitutes a step toward an undesirable future is a question which occupies many thinkers’ minds. As an important field to discuss about the interaction of technology, science and humans, science fiction reflects dystopian perspectives on the co-evolution of the human and the machine. The best examples to such pessimistic perspective is portrayed in “cyberpunk,” a sub-genre of science fiction which is mostly concerned with a dystopian near future in terms of technological advancements, exploring realms of the unknown through unpleasant interactions between man and technology. My aim is to read science fiction through two colliding perspectives: pessimistic and optimistic. To do that, in this book, taking the transhumanist and posthumanist discourses as a basis, I aspired to analyze the apocalyptic perspective in science fiction, focusing on cyberpunk narratives and contrasting these dystopian portrayals to the optimistic stance offered by transhumanist thinkers.

Biographie de l'auteur

I completed my B.A.(2011) and M.A.(2016) in American Studies, Ege University. During my B.A., I attended the Initial Teacher Training Program of my university with a scholarship owing to my grades and received a certificate for English teaching as well. I studied at Augsburg University during my M.A. via an international scholarship (2013-2014).

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3330038381
ISBN 13 
9783330038387
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
108
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