Abstract Sex（性科学：哲学、生物科技以及欲望）

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Abstract s-e-x ：Philosophy, Bio-Technology and the Mutations of Desire
(Transversals: New Directions in Philosophy Series) (pa-perback)
by Luciana Parisi (Author)

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Abstract s-e-x investigates the impact of advances in contemporary science and information technology on conceptions of s-e-x. Evolutionary theory and the technologies of viral information transfer, cloning and genetic engineering are changing the way we think about human s-e-x, reproduction and the communication of genetic information. s-e-x is no longer a linear proces or a private act. It is now central to the proliferating world of cyber-capitalism. Humankind has entered a time of molecular s-e-x, when information is traded not only across s-e-xes but across species and between humans and machines. Abstract s-e-x presents a philosophical exploration of this new world of s-e-xual, informatic and capitalistic multiplicity, and of the accelerated mutation of nature and culture. Luciana Parisi is Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Cultures in the Department of Cultural Studies, University of East London.

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• pa-perback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Continuum (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826469906
• ISBN-13: 978-0826469908
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches