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Posthuman Subjectivity in the Novels of J.G. Ballard
Engelsk
Bogcover for Posthuman Subjectivity in the Novels of J.G. Ballard af Carolyn Lau, 9781032536897
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
204
ISBN-13:
9781032536897
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1032536896
Udg. Dato:
28 nov 2024
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2
Oplagsdato:
28 nov 2024
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Posthuman Subjectivity in the Novels of J.G. Ballard

Engelsk
Paperback 2024
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This book proposes that Ballard’s novels extrapolate the formation of a posthuman subjectivity that is centred around an affirmative understanding of what a human body can do. This new subjectivity transforms constraints and prescribed desires into creative openings in a hyper-mediated control society that conditions docile bodies through technology and consumerism. Set in surrealist predicaments in postwar affluent Western societies, Ballard’s novels remind us of the fragile veneer of order in the familiar every day. In these moments of crisis, complacent characters are compelled to undergo a process of defamiliarisation and transformation of their understanding of the self and the body. The ability to form new relationships with the unfamiliar is imperative to survival in a hostile environment. Ballard delineates both the possibilities and obstacles of forming these relationships. In particular, the author attributes the failure to do so to the irreconcilable contradictions of late capitalism.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
204
ISBN-13:
9781032536897
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1032536896
Udg. Dato:
28 nov 2024
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2
Oplagsdato:
28 nov 2024
Forfatter(e):
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