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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 5-10 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	Januar 2019
Genre:	Sprache
	B / Contemporary Literature / Literary studies# general / Literary theory / Literature and Technology / Literature and Technology/Media / Literature, Cultural and Media Studies / Literature, Modern—20th century / Literature, Modern—21st century / Literature—Philosophy / Technology in literature
ISBN:	9783030081164
EAN-Code:	9783030081164
Verlag:	Springer International Publishing
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 210 mm / B 148 mm / D 12 mm
Gewicht:	276 gr
Seiten:	208
Zus. Info:	Paperback
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Inhalt:

Ayn Rand and the Posthuman is a study of the American novelist's relationship with twenty-first-century ideas about technology. Rand wrote science fiction that has inspired Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, politicians, and economists. Ben Murnane demonstrates Rand's connection to, and impact on, those with a "posthuman" vision, in which human and machine merge. The text examines the philosophical intersections between Rand's philosophy of Objectivism and posthumanism, and Rand's influence on transhumanism, a major branch of posthumanist thought. The book further investigates Rand's presence and portrayal in various examples of posthumanist science fiction, including Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, popular videogame BioShock, and Zoltan Istvan's novel The Transhumanist Wager. Considering Rand's influence from a cultural, political, technological, and economic perspective, this study throws light on an under-documented but highly significant aspect of Rand's legacy.