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Sex and the Posthuman Condition
Michael Hauskeller
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Description for Sex and the Posthuman Condition
Hardcover. This book looks at how sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and how descriptions of the resulting posthuman future are informed by mythological, historical and literary paradigms. It examines the glorious sex life we will allegedly enjoy due to greater control of our emotions, improved capacity for pleasure, and availability of sex robots. Num Pages: 106 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
This book looks at how sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and how descriptions of the resulting posthuman future are informed by mythological, historical and literary paradigms. It examines the glorious sex life we will allegedly enjoy due to greater control of our emotions, improved capacity for pleasure, and availability of sex robots.
This book looks at how sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and how descriptions of the resulting posthuman future are informed by mythological, historical and literary paradigms. It examines the glorious sex life we will allegedly enjoy due to greater control of our emotions, improved capacity for pleasure, and availability of sex robots.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
Number of Pages
98
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137393494
SKU
V9781137393494
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99-15
About Michael Hauskeller
Michael Hauskeller is an Associate Professor at, and Head of, the Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published more than a dozen philosophical books including Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life (2007) and Better Humans? Understanding the Enhancement Project (2013), and more than 80 research papers.
Reviews for Sex and the Posthuman Condition
“Hauskeller’s new volume focuses on the posthumanist use–current and prospective–of technologies to improve or otherwise control love life. … the book brings up issues whose importance to the immediate present signal how pivotal are the more perennial underlying philosophical problems. … Readers with an interest in the health of the present world should read this very accessible book. Everyone from ... Read more