How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics

Created: 2024-02-17

Updated: 2024-07-06

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Hayles examines literary fiction and technological texts for her study of how information became conceived of as immaterial, of how the figure of the cyborg was invented in cultural and technological discourses, and how this cybernetic discourse altered the understanding of the liberal humanist subject.

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How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics | OpenLibrary
By: N. Katherine Hayles
Started: 2024-02-14
Finished: 2024-07-06
Amount read: 350 of 350 pages

Progress: 350 pages

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