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Cyborg Politics and Economic Realities: Reflections on Elaine Graham’s Representations of the Post/Human

Carrette, Jeremy R. (2004) Cyborg Politics and Economic Realities: Reflections on Elaine Graham’s Representations of the Post/Human. Theology and Sexuality, 10 (2). pp. 45-55. ISSN 1355-8358. (doi:10.1177/135583580401000204) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:9795)

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Abstract

This article seeks to examine the political and economic context of cyborg culture and technology in Elaine Graham's Representations of the Post/ Human. It begins by drawing out the relationship between Graham's study and Foucault's genealogical method and seeks to establish the 'silent machine' operating in Graham's analysis. By following three critical strands-know ledge as technology, economic determinism and imaginative agency and the economics of transcendence—the article highlights and extends a crit ique of capitalism and technology in the text. It argues that economics is now shaped by the machine and concludes by opening up a 'politics of refusal'. Graham's work is acknowledged for bringing to light uncomfor table questions surrounding the politics of the machine.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/135583580401000204
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: Jeremy Carrette
Date Deposited: 19 Oct 2010 13:27 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:48 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/9795 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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