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Comprised of five chapters, Neoliberalism and Cyberpunk Science Fiction is guided by four central themes: biopolitics, intensification, resilience, and accelerationism. The first chapters examine the political possibilities of cyberpunk as a genre of science fiction and introduce one kind of neoliberal subject, the self-monitoring cyborg. These are individuals who join fitness/health tracking devices and applications to their body to "self-cultivate". Here, Alphin presents concrete examples of how fitness trackers are a strategy of neoliberal governmentality under the guise of self-cultivation. Moving away from Foucault's biopolitics to themes of intensity and resilience, Alphin draws largely from William Gibson's Neuromancer, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon, along with the film Blade Runner to problematize notions of neoliberal resilience. Alphin returns to biopolitics, intensity, and resilience, connecting these themes to accelerationism as she engages with biohacker discourses. Here she argues that a biohacker is, in part, an intensification of the self-monitoring cyborg and accelerationism is in the end another form of resilience.
Neoliberalism and Cyberpunk Science Fiction is an invaluable resource for those interested in security studies, political sociology, biopolitics, critical IR theory, political theory, cultural studies, and literary theory.
Comprised of five chapters, Neoliberalism and Cyberpunk Science Fiction is guided by four central themes: biopolitics, intensification, resilience, and accelerationism. The first chapters examine the political possibilities of cyberpunk as a genre of science fiction and introduce one kind of neoliberal subject, the self-monitoring cyborg. These are individuals who join fitness/health tracking devices and applications to their body to "self-cultivate". Here, Alphin presents concrete examples of how fitness trackers are a strategy of neoliberal governmentality under the guise of self-cultivation. Moving away from Foucault's biopolitics to themes of intensity and resilience, Alphin draws largely from William Gibson's Neuromancer, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon, along with the film Blade Runner to problematize notions of neoliberal resilience. Alphin returns to biopolitics, intensity, and resilience, connecting these themes to accelerationism as she engages with biohacker discourses. Here she argues that a biohacker is, in part, an intensification of the self-monitoring cyborg and accelerationism is in the end another form of resilience.
Neoliberalism and Cyberpunk Science Fiction is an invaluable resource for those interested in security studies, political sociology, biopolitics, critical IR theory, political theory, cultural studies, and literary theory.
Caroline Alphin is an English Instructor at Radford University. Her research interests include biopolitics, science fiction, genre studies, feminist theory, and studies of neoliberalism.
Introduction: Living on the Edge of Burnout 1. The Neoliberal Science Fictions of Cyberpunk 2. Self-Monitoring as Instrumentalized Self-Cultivation 3. Subtle State Killing as a Mode of Neoliberal Governmentality 4. Cyberpunk Necroscapes and Necro-temporality in Blade Runner 5. Reframing the Biohacker Within the Logic of Intensity 6. Conclusion: Defamiliarizing Neoliberalism Through Cyberpunk Science Fiction
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
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Genre: | Importe, Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | 20. & 21. Jahrhundert |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780367685904 |
ISBN-10: | 0367685906 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Alphin, Caroline |
Hersteller: | Routledge |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 8 mm |
Von/Mit: | Caroline Alphin |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.06.2022 |
Gewicht: | 0,223 kg |
Caroline Alphin is an English Instructor at Radford University. Her research interests include biopolitics, science fiction, genre studies, feminist theory, and studies of neoliberalism.
Introduction: Living on the Edge of Burnout 1. The Neoliberal Science Fictions of Cyberpunk 2. Self-Monitoring as Instrumentalized Self-Cultivation 3. Subtle State Killing as a Mode of Neoliberal Governmentality 4. Cyberpunk Necroscapes and Necro-temporality in Blade Runner 5. Reframing the Biohacker Within the Logic of Intensity 6. Conclusion: Defamiliarizing Neoliberalism Through Cyberpunk Science Fiction
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe, Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | 20. & 21. Jahrhundert |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780367685904 |
ISBN-10: | 0367685906 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Alphin, Caroline |
Hersteller: | Routledge |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 8 mm |
Von/Mit: | Caroline Alphin |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.06.2022 |
Gewicht: | 0,223 kg |