| Post-Self: Journeys Beyond the Human Body Contributor(s): Christopher, Roy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1913462943 ISBN-13: 9781913462949 Publisher: Repeater OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2028 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its street date of March 14, 2028 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Music | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Physical Information: (0.81 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: Using extreme music and film as points of departure, Post-Self digs deep into the darkest thoughts of the most dissatisfied minds, minds that want to leave their bodies behind. Everyone is looking for a way out. Throughout history, the physical body has often been seen as a prison, as something to be escaped by any means necessary: technology, mechanization, drugs and sensory deprivation, rapture, or even death. Taking in horror movies, heavy metal, philosophy, science fiction, and cybernetics, Post-Self is an exploration of the ways that human beings have sought to make this escape, to transcend the limits of the human body, to find a way out. As the physical world continues to collapse around us, and we are faced with a particularly 21st-century kind of dread and dehumanization, Post-Self asks what this escape from our bodies might look like, and what it might mean for the future of civilisation. |