{"product_id":"alien-chic-neil-badmington-9780415310222","title":"Alien Chic: Posthumanism and the Other Within","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlien Chic\u003c\/em\u003e provides a cultural history of the alien since the 1950s, asking ourselves why our attitudes to aliens have shifted from fear to affection, and what this can tell us about how we now see ourselves and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil Badmington explores our relationship with aliens, inscribed in films such as \u003cem\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMars Attacks!\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMission to Mars \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eIndependence Day\u003c\/em\u003e; and how thinkers such as Descartes, Barthes, Freud, Lyotard and Derrida have conceptualised what it means to be human (and post-human).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlien Chic\u003c\/em\u003e examines the the concept of posthumanism in an age when the lines between what is human and what is non-human are increasingly blurred by advances in science and technology, for example genetic cloning and engineering, and the development of AI and cyborgs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestioning whether our current embracing of all things 'alien' - in the form of extraterrestrial gadgets or abduction narratives, for instance - stems from a desire to reaffirm ourselves as 'human', this is an original and thought-provoking contribution to the study of posthumanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Badmington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415310229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415310222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.26w x 0.72d","brand":"Neil Badmington","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064893419775,"sku":"9780415310222","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d525048-e0ac-41ae-b57a-448d5784393e.jpg?v=1768671745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alien-chic-neil-badmington-9780415310222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}