Posthumanist Representations of Consciousness, Nature, and Matter

Science Fiction in the Age of AI

AvCanan Savkay,Douglas A. Vakoch

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

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Beskrivning

This open access book undertakes a close reading of four contemporary novels which employ the themes of artificial intelligence and mind uploading in order to explore alternative and more constructive ways to situate ourselves in the world.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a standard CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.

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Utgivningsdatum:2027-01-21
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:287 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666973853

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Canan Savkay is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Istanbul University, Turkey.

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"Posthumanist Representations of Consciousness, Nature, and Matter is a welcome and substantial contribution to posthumanist and ecocritical scholarship. Savkay examines the intersections of artificial intelligence, consciousness, embodiment, and ecological ethics with notable analytical care. Bringing posthumanist philosophy, feminist ethics, ecocriticism, and literary analysis into productive dialogue, the book illuminates how contemporary fiction unsettles anthropocentric assumptions and reimagines more relational, responsible modes of being."

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Consciousness as a Unifying Factor in Iain M. Banks’ Excession2. Posthumanist Connectivity and Care Ethics in Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me3. Ethics and Consciousness in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun4. Mind and/versus Body in Jeanette Winterson’s FrankisssteinConclusionReferencesIndex