Transhumani projekt čovjeka kod Houellebecqa i Baudrillarda
The Transhuman Project of Human Being in the Works of Houellebecq and Baudrillard
Author(s): Vesna MaričićSubject(s): Social Philosophy, French Literature, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Philosophy of Science, Social Theory, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: human being; existence; transhumanism; cyborg;
Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the question about the possibility of co-existence of human beings, animals and cyborgs. The first part of research inquires about wild, animalistic human nature Michel Houellebecq talks about in his work Elementary Particles with a specific focus on Baudrillard’s theory of world as flawed crime. The second part inquires about the idea of human being as transhuman being. I intend to lay out several hypotheses on contemporary tendencies in art and other practices involved in dealing with the future human as cyborg.
Journal: Filozofska istraživanja
- Issue Year: 37/2017
- Issue No: 02/146
- Page Range: 289-304
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Croatian