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Inanimation: Theories of Inorganic Life
David Wills
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Description for Inanimation: Theories of Inorganic Life
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
Inanimation is the third book by author David Wills to analyze the technology of the human. In Prosthesis, Wills traced our human attachment to external objects back to a necessity within the body itself. In Dorsality, he explored how technology is understood to function behind or before the human. Inanimation proceeds by taking literally the idea of inanimate or inorganic forms of life. Starting from a seemingly naive question about what it means to say texts live on or have a life of their own, Inanimation develops a new theory of the inanimate. ... Read more
Inanimation is the third book by author David Wills to analyze the technology of the human. In Prosthesis, Wills traced our human attachment to external objects back to a necessity within the body itself. In Dorsality, he explored how technology is understood to function behind or before the human. Inanimation proceeds by taking literally the idea of inanimate or inorganic forms of life. Starting from a seemingly naive question about what it means to say texts live on or have a life of their own, Inanimation develops a new theory of the inanimate. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
Series
Posthumanities
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816698868
SKU
V9780816698868
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About David Wills
David Wills is professor of French studies and comparative literature at Brown University. He is the author of Prosthesis and Dorsality: Thinking Back through Technology and Politics (Minnesota, 2008).
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