Abstract sex
Subtitle: philosophy, bio-technology and the mutations of desire
By: Luciana Parisi.
Series: Transversals
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Sex -- Philosophy.
Description: Astract Sex investigates the impact of advances in contemporary science and information technology on conceptions of sex. Evolutionary theory and the technologies of viral information transfer, cloning and genetic engineering are changing the way we think about human sex, reproduction and the communication of genetic information. Abstract Sex presents a philosophical exploration of this new world of sexual, informatic and capitalist multiplicity, of the accelerated mutation of nature and culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-221) and index.