{"product_id":"necromedia-posthumanities-9780816695706","title":"Necromedia Posthumanities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He provides a credible account of the unavoidability of death presence even in an over-technological existence.\"—Aurelio Cianciotta, \u003ci\u003eNeural\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNecromedia \u003c\/i\u003eis very readable and not too long in length, it delivers a serious if disturbing message about our thanatophobic culture, in a strangely beguiling manner. O’Gorman is not afraid to mix theory with quite personal material and has the skill as a writer to do so effectively.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He provides a credible account of the unavoidability of death presence even in an over-technological existence.\"—Aurelio Cianciotta, \u003ci\u003eNeural\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNecromedia \u003c\/i\u003eis very readable and not too long in length, it delivers a serious if disturbing message about our thanatophobic culture, in a strangely beguiling manner. O’Gorman is not afraid to mix theory with quite personal material and has the skill as a writer to do so effectively.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What \u003ci\u003eNecromedia\u003c\/i\u003e offers, and this may reflect the author’s being an artist and practitioner as well as a theorist, is a sense of theory being used for genuine engagement in the world and with its problems, and possibilities.\"—\u003ci\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An ideal book for posthumanism.\"—\u003ci\u003eConfigurations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A powerful and deeply resonating argument in defense of an applied media theory founded in a techno-neopolitics of things, leaving the future open to ethically responsible reinvention. From dust to data, indeed.\"—\u003ci\u003eScience Fiction, Film, and Television\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Necromedia Theory and Posthumanism\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eBorder Disorder\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e3. Telephone, Pager, Two-Way Speaker, and Other Technologies of Betrayal\u003cbr\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eDreadmill\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e5. Angels in Digital Armor: Technoculture, Terror Management, and the Antihero\u003cbr\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eCycle of Dread\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e7. Speculative Realism Unchained: A Love Story\u003cbr\u003e8. \u003ci\u003eMyth of the Steersman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e9. Digital Care, Curation, and Curriculum: On Applied Media Theory\u003cbr\u003e10. \u003ci\u003eRoach Lab\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e11. From Dust to Data: On Existential Terror and Horror Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405976445271,"sku":"9780816695706","price":61.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816695706.jpg?v=1730494113","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/necromedia-posthumanities-9780816695706","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}