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Metal and flesh : the evolution of man : technology takes over / Ollivier Dyens ; translated by Evan J. Bibbee and Ollivier Dyens.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.)Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: 120 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0262042002
  • 9780262042000
Uniform titles:
  • Chair et métal. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.46 21
LOC classification:
  • HM846 .D9413 2001
Contents:
Foreword / Joel Slayton -- 1. The Crater in the Yucatan. Origin: The Intelligent Condition. New Readings. The Technological Reality. The Cultural Biology. The Desire of Culture. The Living Idea. The Conscience of Cyberspace. The Environment of Technology. The Virtual Being. Sadness of the Machine -- 2. More or Less Alive. Viruses. Life/Machine Osmosis. The Cognitive Ecology. Metaman. Identity and Network -- 3. The Rise of Cultural Bodies. Body's Plasticity: Wells, Kafka, Orwell. The Plastic Body of Dr. Moreau. Kafka, The Metamorphosis Machine. "We are the dead" Cyberpunks: Body Terrorists. New Models of the Body. Monsters, Cyborgs, and Extraterrestrials. Conclusion: Cruel Miracles.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114) and index.

Foreword / Joel Slayton -- 1. The Crater in the Yucatan. Origin: The Intelligent Condition. New Readings. The Technological Reality. The Cultural Biology. The Desire of Culture. The Living Idea. The Conscience of Cyberspace. The Environment of Technology. The Virtual Being. Sadness of the Machine -- 2. More or Less Alive. Viruses. Life/Machine Osmosis. The Cognitive Ecology. Metaman. Identity and Network -- 3. The Rise of Cultural Bodies. Body's Plasticity: Wells, Kafka, Orwell. The Plastic Body of Dr. Moreau. Kafka, The Metamorphosis Machine. "We are the dead" Cyberpunks: Body Terrorists. New Models of the Body. Monsters, Cyborgs, and Extraterrestrials. Conclusion: Cruel Miracles.

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