Research Catalog

Title

Cyborg theology : humans, technology and god / Scott A. Midson.

Author

Midson, Scott A.

Publication

• London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

xv, 247 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

In particular, Donna Haraway argued in her famous 1991 'Cyborg Manifesto' that people, since they are so often now detached and separated from nature, have themselves evolved into cyborgs. This striking idea has had considerable influence within critical theory, cultural studies and even science fiction (where it has surfaced, for example, in the Terminator films and in the Borg of the Star Trek franchise). But it is a notion that has had much less currency in theology. In his innovative new book, Scott Midson boldly argues that the deeper nuances of Haraway's and the cyborg idea can similarly rejuvenate theology, mythology and anthropology. Challenging the damaging anthropocentrism directed towards nature and the non-human in our society, the author reveals - through an imaginative reading of the myth of Eden - how it is now possible for humanity to be at one with the natural world even as it vigorously pursues novel, 'post-human', technologies.

Series Statement

Library of Modern Religion

Uniform Title

Library of modern religion.

Subjects

• Human body and technology
• Technology > Religious aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.

Call Number

JFD 18-453

ISBN

• 9781784537876
• 178453787X

OCLC

977335422

Author

Midson, Scott A., author.

Title

Cyborg theology : humans, technology and god / Scott A. Midson.

Publisher

London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Library of Modern Religion

Library of modern religion.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 18-453