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Limits of the Human
Frenchy . Ed(S): Lunning
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Description for Limits of the Human
Paperback. Editor(s): Lunning, Frenchy. Series: Mechademia. Num Pages: 296 pages, 83 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Dramatic advances in genetics, cloning, robotics, and nanotechnology have given rise to both hopes and fears about how technology might transform humanity. As the possibility of a posthuman future becomes increasingly likely, debates about how to interpret or shape this future abound. In Japan, anime and manga artists have for decades been imagining the contours of posthumanity, creating dazzling and sometimes disturbing works of art that envision a variety of human/nonhuman hybrids: biological/mechanical, human/animal, and human/monster. Anime and manga offer a constellation of posthuman prototypes whose hybrid natures require a shift in our perception of what it means to be ... Read more
Dramatic advances in genetics, cloning, robotics, and nanotechnology have given rise to both hopes and fears about how technology might transform humanity. As the possibility of a posthuman future becomes increasingly likely, debates about how to interpret or shape this future abound. In Japan, anime and manga artists have for decades been imagining the contours of posthumanity, creating dazzling and sometimes disturbing works of art that envision a variety of human/nonhuman hybrids: biological/mechanical, human/animal, and human/monster. Anime and manga offer a constellation of posthuman prototypes whose hybrid natures require a shift in our perception of what it means to be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Mechademia
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816654826
SKU
V9780816654826
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