{"product_id":"humanity-in-a-black-mirror-9781476683829","title":"Humanity in a Black Mirror","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The presentation of technology as a response to human want or need is a defining aspect of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, a series that centers the transhumanist conviction that ontological deficiency is a solvable problem. The articles in this collection continue \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e''s examination of the transhuman need for plentitude, addressing the convergence of fantasy, the posthuman, and the dramatization of fear. The contributors contend that \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e reveals both the cracks of the posthuman self and the formation of anxiety within fantasy''s empty, yet necessary, economy of desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The strength of the series lies in its ability to disrupt the visibility of technology, no longer portraying it as a naturalized, unseen background, affecting our very being at the ontological level without many of us realizing it. This volume of essays argues that this negative lesson is Black Mirror''s most successful approach. It examines how \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the Ja\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885814395223,"sku":"9781476683829","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/humanity-in-a-black-mirror-9781476683829","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}