Fantasies of self-mourning modernism, the posthuman and the finite / by Ruben Borg.
| Author/creator | Borg, Ruben |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2019] |
| Description | viii, 220 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical posthumanisms, 1872-0943 ; volume 2 |
| Contents | Introduction : posthuman modernism -- A history of nacissistic wounds -- The apocalyptic chronotope -- Thinking historicity with tress -- Funny being dead! Tragic and comic laughter -- Conclusion : passivity of the eye. |
| Abstract | "In 'Fantasies of Self-Mourning' Ruben Borg describes the formal features of a posthuman, cyborgian imaginary at work in modernism. The book's central claim is that modernism invents the posthuman as a way to think through the contradictions of its historical moment. Borg develops a posthumanist critique of the concept of organic life based on comparative readings of Pirandello, Woolf, Beckett, and Flann O'Brien, alongside discussions of Alfred Hitchcock, Chris Marker, Bela Tarr, Ridley Scott and Mamoru Oshii. The argument draws together a cluster of modernist narratives that contemplate the separation of a cybernetic eye from a human body-or call for a tearing up of the body understood as a discrete organic unit capable of synthesizing desire and sense perception"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018964051 |
| ISBN | 9789004390348 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |