Humanity in a Black Mirror: Essays on Posthuman Fantasies in a Technological Near Future

The presentation of technology as a response to human want or need is a defining aspect of...
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Author: Jacob Blevins
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Humanity in a Black Mirror: Essays on Posthuman Fantasies in a Technological Near Future by Blevins, Jacob

Humanity in a Black Mirror: Essays on Posthuman Fantasies in a Technological Near Future

BD$125.32

Humanity in a Black Mirror: Essays on Posthuman Fantasies in a Technological Near Future

BD$125.32
Author: Jacob Blevins
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The presentation of technology as a response to human want or need is a defining aspect of Black Mirror, a series that centers the transhumanist conviction that ontological deficiency is a solvable problem. The articles in this collection continue Black Mirror's examination of the transhuman need for plentitude, addressing the convergence of fantasy, the posthuman, and the dramatization of fear. The contributors contend that Black Mirror reveals both the cracks of the posthuman self and the formation of anxiety within fantasy's empty, yet necessary, economy of desire. The strength of the series lies in its ability to disrupt the visibility of technology, no longer portraying it as a naturalized, unseen background, affecting our very being at the ontological level without many of us realizing it. This volume of essays argues that this negative lesson is Black Mirror's most successful approach. It examines how Black Mirror demonstrates the Janus-like structure of fantasy, as well as how it teaches, unteaches, and reteaches us about desire in a technological world.

Author: Jacob Blevins
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 12/20/2022
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9781476683829

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