ScienceFriction | Of the Posthuman subject, Abjection, and the Breach in Mind/Body DualismSecond Edition

John Perham

ISBN 10: 6209794297 / ISBN 13: 9786209794292

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2026

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ScienceFriction | Of the Posthuman subject, Abjection, and the Breach in Mind/Body DualismSecond Edition | John Perham | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9786209794292 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: SIA OmniScriptum Publishing, Brivibas Gatve 197, 1039 RIGA, LETTLAND, customerservice[at]vdm-vsg[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: ScienceFriction | Of the Posthuman subject, Abjection, and the Breach in Mind/Body DualismSecond Edition
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6209794297
• ISBN 13: 9786209794292
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 11D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 274 grams
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Synopsis

This book investigates the multiple readings that arise when the division between the biological and technological is interrupted--here abjection is key because the binary between abjection and gadgetry gives multiple meanings to other binaries, including male/female. Using David Cronenberg's Videodrome and eXistenZ, I argue that multiple readings arise because of people's participation with electronically mediated technology. Indeed, abjection is salient because Cronenberg's films present an ambivalent relationship between people and technology; this relationship is often an uneasy one because technology changes people on both a somatic and cognitive level.