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Virtual Futuresexplores the ideas that the future lies in its ability to articulate the consequences of an increasingly synthetic and virtual world. New technologies like cyberspace, the … More...

Virtual Futuresexplores the ideas that the future lies in its ability to articulate the consequences of an increasingly synthetic and virtual world. New technologies like cyberspace, the internet, and Chaos theory are often discussed in the context of technology and its potential to liberate or in terms of technophobia. This collection examines both these ideas while also charting a new and controversial route through contemporary discourses on technology; a path that discusses the material evolution and the erotic relation between humans and machines.Virtual Futuresbrings together diverse fields such as cyberfeminism, materialist philosophy, postmodern fiction, computing culture and performance art, with essays by Sadie Plant, Stelarc and Manuel de Landa (to name a few). The collection heralds the death of humanism and the ride of posthuman pragmatism. The contested zone of debate throughout these essays is the notion of the posthuman, or the possibility of the cyborg as the free human. Viewed by some writers as a threat to human life and humanism itself, others in the collection describe the posthuman as a critical perspective that anticipates the next step in evolution: the integration or synthesis of humans and machines, organic life and technology.This view of technology and information is heavily influenced by Anglo American literature, especially cyberpunk, Pynchon and Ballard, as well as the materialist philosophies of Freud, Deleuze, and Haraway,Virtual Futuresprovides analyses by both established theorists and the most innovative new voices working in conjunction between the arts and contemporary technology. Books List_Books, [PU: Routledge]<

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1998, ISBN: 9780415133807

Routledge, Taschenbuch, Auflage: New, 140 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-02-26T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 4 line drawings, 1 b&w photographs, 0.9 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4689831,… More...

Routledge, Taschenbuch, Auflage: New, 140 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-02-26T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 4 line drawings, 1 b&w photographs, 0.9 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4689831, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Anthropologie, Chemie, Ingenieurwissenschaften, Fachbücher, Volks- & Völkerkunde, Gesellschaft & Individuum, Wissen nach Themen, Schule & Lernen, Philosophie & Technikkritik, Ingenieurwissenschaft & Technik, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Sachbücher, Genres, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Popkultur, Sozialwissenschaften, Chemie für Ingenieure, Ingenieurwesen & Technik, Architektur, Technik & Ingenieurswesen, Soziale Aspekte, Technologie, Routledge, 1998<

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ISBN: 9780415133807

Routledge, Taschenbuch, Auflage: New, 140 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-02-26T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 4 line drawings, 1 b&w photographs, 0.9 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4689831,… More...

Routledge, Taschenbuch, Auflage: New, 140 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-02-26T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 4 line drawings, 1 b&w photographs, 0.9 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4689831, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Anthropologie, Chemie, Ingenieurwissenschaften, Fachbücher, Volks- & Völkerkunde, Gesellschaft & Individuum, Wissen nach Themen, Schule & Lernen, Philosophie & Technikkritik, Ingenieurwissenschaft & Technik, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Sachbücher, Genres, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Popkultur, Sozialwissenschaften, Chemie für Ingenieure, Ingenieurwesen & Technik, Architektur, Technik & Ingenieurswesen, Soziale Aspekte, Technologie, Routledge, 1998<

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An exploration of the ideas that the future lies in its ability to articulate the consequences of an increasingly synthetic and virtual world. New technologies like cyberspace and the internet are discussed in the context of technology and its potential to liberate, or in terms of technophobia. Previously published in hardback.; Sociology, Routledge<

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Paperback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], An exploration of the ideas that the future lies in its ability to articulate the consequences of an increasingly synthetic and virtual world. New technologies like cyberspace and the internet are discussed in the context of technology and its potential to liberate, or in terms of technophobia. Previously published in hardback., Robotics<

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