Post-Self
Journeys Beyond the Human Body
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.…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-913462-94-9
- EAN: 9781913462949
- Produktnummer: 36731398
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Über den Autor
Roy Christopher is an aging BMX and skateboarding zine kid. That’s where he learned to turn events and interviews into pages with staples. He has since written about music, media, and culture for everything from books and blogs to national magazines and academic journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and he currently lives in Savannah, Georgia.
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