Stefan Herbrechter (172 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. This critical introduction understands posthumanism as a discourse, covering everything that has been and is being said about the figure of the 'posthuman'. It outlines the genealogy of the various posthuman 'scenarios' in circulation and engages with their theoretical and philosophical assumptions and social and political implications.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This critical introduction understands posthumanism as a discourse, covering everything that has been and is being said about the figure of the 'posthuman'. It outlines the genealogy of the various posthuman 'scenarios' in circulation and engages with their theoretical and philosophical assumptions and social and political implications.…

hardcover. Condition: As New. No marks in the book. Our copy is hardback with a dust jacket, light shelf-wear.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789388002714.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

335 (8) p. Hardcover (Fine copy.).

Condition: New. pp. 200.

Original publisher's sewn blue paperback, title spine and frontcover, large 8vo: 170pp., [6]pp., 13 contributions with notes & references, introduction, notes on contributors. CONTRIBUTIONS: 1. Nicole Bracker: Accounting for the Economy of Metaphors and Metaphors of Economy. 2. Steven Connor: Destitution. 3. Dorothy Rowe: Money, Modernity and Melancholia in the Writings of Georg Simmel. 4. Philip Tew: Exploring an Economy of Exegetical Structures through Cassirer and Bourdieu. 5. Nadja Gernalzick: From Classical Dichotomy to Differantial Contract: The Derridean Integration of Monetary Theory. 6. Eleanor Courtemanche: Invisible Hands and Visionary Narrators: Why the Free Market is like a Novel. 7. Gerald Posselt :The Tropological Economy of Catachresis. 8. David Bennett: Desire as Capital: Getting a Return on the Repressed in Libidinal Economy. 9. Matthew Pateman: Lolita - A Region in Flames. 10. Joyce Goggin: Dire Straits: Paul Auster's The Music of Chance and the Economic Loss. 11. Jessica Maynard: Revolutionist Consumers: The Application of Sacrifice in Ruskin, Bataille and Henry James. 12. Cynthia Port: 'Money, for the Night is Coming'. Gendered Economies of Aging in the Novels of Jean Rhys and James Joyce. 13. Elio di Piazza: The Quest for Values: Traditional Sources in Two Late Nineteenth-Century Novels of Adventure. Very fine copy - as new. Volume 25: Critical Studies. …

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ex-library. Boards are slightly edge worn. 298 pages. This item is at our location in Eugene, Oregon. 298 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 173 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. What does it mean to be human today? The answer to this question, which is as old as the human species itself, is becoming less and less certain. Current technological developments increasingly erode our traditional humanist reflexes: consciousness, emotion, language, intelligence, morality, humour, mortality - all these no longer demonstrate the unique character and value of human existence. Instead, the spectre of the 'posthuman' is now being widely invoked as the 'inevitable' next evolutionary stage that humans are facing.Who comes after the human? This is the question that posthumanists are taking as their starting point. This critical introduction understands posthumanism as a discourse, which, in principle, includes everything that has been and is being said about the figure of the 'posthuman'. It outlines the genealogy of the various posthuman 'scenarios' in circulation and engages with their theoretical and philosophical assumptions and social and political implications. It does so by connecting the philosophical debate about the future of humanity with a range of texts, including examples from new media, popular culture, science and the media. …

Condition: New. pp. 200.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Posthumanism. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. From an academic library with the usual stamps etc.

Condition: New. 1st edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rubbed dust jacket. Shelf wear head of dust jacket. Firm, tight binding. No marks or highlights on this clean book. Approx shipping weight: 1 pound. 9.5" x 6.5" x .75".