How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies In Cybernetics, Literature, And Informatics

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.

• | By (Author): N. Katherine Hayles
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• | Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 15, 1999
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 364 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0226321460
• | ISBN-13: 9780226321462