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Alien Chic - Posthumanism and the Other Within (Hardcover, New)
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Alien Chic - Posthumanism and the Other Within (Hardcover, New)
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"Alien Chic" sets out to provide a cultural history of the alien
since the 1950s, asking why our attitudes to aliens have changed
from fear to affection, and what this can tell us about how we now
see ourselves and others.
The author begins by exploring our relationship with the concept of
aliens, primarily through films, including "Invaders from Mars,"
"Mars Attacks" and "Mission to Mars," He then progresses to ideas
of humanism and what makes us human, taking in the works of
thinkers such as Descartes, Barthes, Freud, and Derrida.
The book then considers the concept of posthumanism in an age in
which the lines between what is human and what is non-human are
increasingly blurred by advances in science and technology, for
example cloning and genetic engineering, and the development of AI
and cyborgs. This leads to the question of whether our embracing of
all things 'alien' stems from a need to reaffirm ourselves as
"human."
Written in a clear and engaging style, Alien Chic is an original
and thought-provoking contribution to the study of posthumanism.
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