Living Doll: The Seduction of the Cyborg
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Predominant in postmodern theories of representation are approaches and practices that locate 'the body' within systematised networks and circuits.
The cyborg is our ontology; it gives us our politics. Subjected to these discursive frameworks or grounding ontologies, the body, as a clearly delineated unit, blurs into negotiated relatedness, and postmodern systematicity ushers in a contemporary meltdown of the discrete body. In other words, it would seem difficult to try to discuss 'the body' with distinct boundaries, whereas referring to the bounded body can emerge as a reflective postmodern image.
The dissolution of apparently clear distinctions is what propels the cyborg - it lurks at the boundaries constructed and demanded...More >
The cyborg is our ontology; it gives us our politics. Subjected to these discursive frameworks or grounding ontologies, the body, as a clearly delineated unit, blurs into negotiated relatedness, and postmodern systematicity ushers in a contemporary meltdown of the discrete body. In other words, it would seem difficult to try to discuss 'the body' with distinct boundaries, whereas referring to the bounded body can emerge as a reflective postmodern image.
The dissolution of apparently clear distinctions is what propels the cyborg - it lurks at the boundaries constructed and demanded...More >
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