Livre | Chapitre
"Trust a few, fear the rest"
the anxiety and fantasy of human evolution
pp. 380-390
Résumé
Contemporary Hollywood films dealing with human evolution exhibit a dialectic: the anxiety about the nature of the superhuman, who is the result of the evolutionary process, whether voluntary or involuntary, and the "popular fantasy" of what I shall be calling a 'species cosmopolitanism".
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
Hauskeller Michael, Philbeck Thomas D., Carbonell Curtis D. (2015) The Palgrave handbook of posthumanism in film and television. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 380-390
Citation complète:
Nayar Pramod K., 2015, "Trust a few, fear the rest": the anxiety and fantasy of human evolution. In M. Hauskeller, T. D. Philbeck & C. D. Carbonell (eds.) The Palgrave handbook of posthumanism in film and television (380-390). Dordrecht, Springer.