How We Became Posthuman - N. Hayles Virtual Bodies

The University of Chicago Press 1999 The University of Chicago Press 364 Hayles, N. Katherine měkká vazba

Separating hype from fact, this text investigates the fate of embodiment in an information age. It relates three issues: information as an entity separate from the material forms that carry it; the construction of the Cyborg; and the dismantling of the humanist "subject" in cybernetic discourse.