Cyberculture, cyborgs and science fiction : consciousness and the posthuman

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Label

Cyberculture, cyborgs and science fiction : consciousness and the posthuman

Title remainder

consciousness and the posthuman

Statement of responsibility

William S. Haney II

Creator

• Haney, William S

Subject

• Biotechnology in literature
• Consciousness -- Social aspects
• Cyborgs in literature
• Mind and body
• Science fiction -- Social aspects
• Biotechnology -- Social aspects

Language

eng

Summary

"Addressing a key issue related to human nature, this book argues that the first-person experience of pure consciousness may soon be under threat from posthuman biotechnology. Presented here for the first time, the essential argument of this book is more than a warning; it gives a direction: far better to practice patience and develop pure consciousness and evolve into a higher human being than to fall prey to the Faustian temptations of biotechnological power. As argued throughout the book, each person must choose for him or herself between the technological extension of physical experience through mind, body and world on the one hand, and the natural powers of human consciousness on the other as a means to realize their ultimate vision."--Jacket

Member of

• Consciousness, literature & the arts, 2

Cataloging source

COO

Index

index present

LC call number

T173.8

LC item number

.H36 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Consciousness, literature & the arts,

Series volume

2