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Humanesis - Sound and Technological Posthumanism (Paperback)
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Humanesis - Sound and Technological Posthumanism (Paperback)
Series: Posthumanities
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Humanesis critically examines central strains of posthumanism,
searching out biases in the ways that human-technology coupling is
explained. Specifically, it interrogates three approaches taken by
posthumanist discourse: scientific, humanist, and organismic. David
Cecchetto's investigations reveal how each perspective continues to
hold on to elements of the humanist tradition that it is ostensibly
mobilized against. His study frontally desublimates the previously
unseen presumptions that underlie each of the three thought lines
and offers incisive appraisals of the work of three prominent
thinkers: Ollivier Dyens, Katherine Hayles, and Mark Hansen. To
materially ground the problematic of posthumanism, Humanesis
interweaves its theoretical chapters with discussions of artworks.
These highlight the topos of sound, demonstrating how aurality
might produce new insights in a field that has been dominated by
visualization. Cecchetto, a media artist, scrutinizes his own
collaborative artistic practice in which he elucidates the
variegated causal chains that compose human-technological coupling.
Humanesis advances the posthumanist conversation in several
important ways. It proposes the term "technological posthumanism"
to focus on the discourse as it relates to technology without
neglecting its other disciplinary histories. It suggests that
deconstruction remains relevant to the enterprise, especially with
respect to the performative dimension of language. It analyzes
artworks not yet considered in the light of posthumanism, with a
particular emphasis on the role of aurality. And the form of the
text introduces a reflexive component that exemplifies how the
dialogue of posthumanism might progress without resorting to the
types of unilateral narratives that the book critiques.
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Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Posthumanities |
Release date: |
May 2013 |
First published: |
May 2013 |
Authors: |
David Cecchetto
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-7963-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
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LSN: |
0-8166-7963-0 |
Barcode: |
9780816679638 |
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