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How We Became Posthuman

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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.

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How We Became Posthuman, N. Katherine Hayles

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1999
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Title
How We Became Posthuman
Language
English
Released
1999
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0226321460
ISBN13
9780226321462
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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.