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Posthumanist Representations of Consciousness, Nature, and Matter: Science Fiction in the Age of AI
Hardcover
Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Literary CriticismEnvironmental StudiesGeneral Sociology
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ISBN10: 1666973858
ISBN13: 9781666973853
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Jan 21 2027
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781666973853
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Jan 21 2027
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This open access book analyzes how contemporary novels engage with the question of what it means to be human after AI stopped being a mere fantasy and became reality in the 1990s. Considering the increasing threat to all life forms, including humans, posed by the Anthropocene, the age-old belief in the humanist notion of intellect as the highest expression of superiority has become increasingly doubtful. Especially because it has been technology, constructed with human intelligence, that has given rise to global warming and pollution. This book contends that the selected novels align with a posthumanist approach that emphasizes the centrality of an ethics of care and relationality, illustrating how the humanist notion of intelligence, which has traditionally served as a justification for anthropocentrism, is replaced in the novels with consciousness, a trait shared by all sentient beings. The analysis highlights how, through representations of artificial intelligence and the concept of mind uploading, the novels critique anthropocentrism and advocate for a relational perspective grounded in care and responsibility.
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