How We Became Posthuman 在線電子書 圖書標籤: 後人類主義 posthuman 文化研究 社會學 後人類 哲學 Sociology Philosophy
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easy but insightful entry
評分A marathon read, but every minute is worth it.
評分身體,片片湖水
評分放棄托福、雅思、GRE吧,以後流行圖靈測試。
評分這本書寫的難以置信的早,好像scientist-feminist對人類新形態的思考可怕的銳利(Haraway的manifesto是1989年齣的) 我對這書有兩個批評,最重要的一點是,Hayles似乎沒有把disemodiment的真正恐怖之處說清楚(雖然全書一直貫穿著這種焦慮),一個猜測是這樣的暴力埋在文本之外,而這本書主要還是在signification這樣的文本/指意層麵討論cybernectic的改變,所以很難觸及;另一個批評是我覺得前控製論時代早就把身體懸置瞭,(思想和意識纔是被celebrate的)信息的去介質帶來的肉身泯滅似乎在文本層麵難以成立,換言之它們的斷裂沒有那麼大
Hayles (English, UCLA) investigates the fate of embodiment in an information age. Ranging widely across the history of technology and culture, she relates three interwoven stories: how information came to be conceptualized as an entity separate from material forms; the cultural and technological construction of the cyborg; and the dismantling of the liberal humanist subject in cybernetic discourse. From the birth of cybernetics to artificial life, she provides an account of how we arrived in our virtual age. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In How We Became Posthuman, N. Katherine Hayles separates hype from fact, investigating the fate of embodiment in an information age.
Hayles relates three interwoven stories: how information lost its body, that is, how it came to be conceptualized as an entity separate from the material forms that carry it; the cultural and technological construction of the cyborg; and the dismantling of the liberal humanist "subject" in cybernetic discourse, along with the emergence of the "posthuman."
Ranging widely across the history of technology, cultural studies, and literary criticism, Hayles shows what had to be erased, forgotten, and elided to conceive of information as a disembodied entity. Thus she moves from the post-World War II Macy Conferences on cybernetics to the 1952 novel Limbo by cybernetics aficionado Bernard Wolfe; from the concept of self-making to Philip K. Dick's literary explorations of hallucination and reality; and from artificial life to postmodern novels exploring the implications of seeing humans as cybernetic systems.
Although becoming posthuman can be nightmarish, Hayles shows how it can also be liberating. From the birth of cybernetics to artificial life, How We Became Posthuman provides an indispensable account of how we arrived in our virtual age, and of wherewe might go from here.
终于读完了这本在科技史和科幻评论之间多次横跳的书。喜欢三四六章,谈控制论的发展史,输入的密度高一些。关于小说的五、七两章就读到几次犯困;第九章好一些,但也是它选择的作品自身足够紧凑有张力,分析则没有太多新鲜的意思。 作者在首尾都提到本书是要讲三个故事,信息的...
評分这本书不是科幻小说,讲的是一种文艺批评理论,这种理论叫后人类主义,核心是提出一种对人的理解——“后人类”。后人类主义认为,人的存在不是像笛卡尔想的那样就是个意识活动,而是一个复杂的纠缠不清的存在,意识和身体纠缠不清,自我和他人纠缠不清,人和人使用的工具(技...
評分 評分这本书不是科幻小说,讲的是一种文艺批评理论,这种理论叫后人类主义,核心是提出一种对人的理解——“后人类”。后人类主义认为,人的存在不是像笛卡尔想的那样就是个意识活动,而是一个复杂的纠缠不清的存在,意识和身体纠缠不清,自我和他人纠缠不清,人和人使用的工具(技...
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