Prophets of the Posthuman : American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood.
Title:
Prophets of the Posthuman : American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood.
Author:
Bieber Lake, Christina.
ISBN:
9780268075866
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (266 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Posthuman Vision -- Chapter 1: The Moral Imagination in Exile -- Chapter 2: Aylmer's Moral Infancy -- Part II: Posthuman Bodies -- Chapter 3: The Faces of Others -- Chapter 4: The Scorned People of the Earth -- Part III: Posthuman Language -- Chapter 5: What Makes a Crake? -- Chapter 6: I Love Humanity, but I Don't Like You -- Part IV: From Posthuman Individuals to Human Persons -- Chapter 7: Technology, Contingency, and Grace -- Chapter 8: The Lure of Transhumanism versus the Balm in Gilead -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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