Becoming-Mystic: The Posthuman in Contemporary Fiction

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Becoming-Mystic: The Posthuman in Contemporary Fiction

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The Posthuman in Contemporary Fiction is a full-length study of contemporary fiction from the perspective of critical posthumanism. Moving beyond the limitations of humanism, critical posthumanism is a discourse that builds on poststructuralism, anti-humanism, and feminism, in order to reconceive what it means to be human. The advent of the Anthropocene, the geologic age defined by humanity’s impact on the entire planet, adds new urgency to the need to reimagine the human subject. The thesis ...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2019

Creator

Gibson, Damien

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/9161

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posthumanism / mysticism / literature / fiction / subjectivity / transhumanism / death / becoming-imperceptible / Braidotti / spirituality / novel / embodiment / Anthropocene

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