Deleuze and Baudrillard : from cyberpunk to biopunk / [electronic resource]
McQueen, Sean,author.
Analysing a wide range of novels and films, Sean McQueen brings renewed Marxian readings to cyberpunk texts previously theorised by Baudrillard or Deleuze. He places them at the heart of the emergence of biopunk and biocapitalism, theorising shifts in capitalism, science, technology, psychoanalysis, literature and film studies.
Specialized.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).
Machine generated contents note: Control -- 1.Viddy and Slooshy -- 2.Chronic Stimulation -- 3.Seducing-Machines -- 4.Remote-Control Society -- Contagion -- 5.Biocapitalism and Schizophrenia -- 6.Matter in Revolt -- 7.Durable Consumers -- 8.Organic (De)Composition of Biocapital -- 9.Viral Capitalism.
Analysing a wide range of novels and films, Sean McQueen brings renewed Marxian readings to cyberpunk texts previously theorised by Baudrillard or Deleuze. He places them at the heart of the emergence of biopunk and biocapitalism, theorising shifts in capitalism, science, technology, psychoanalysis, literature and film studies.
Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.
Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007.
Politics in literature.
Australian