Posthuman heroes
Posthuman figures in contemporary popular culture have heroic potential: Their physical strength transcends human limitations, and some possess a more comprehensive intelligence. However, they can only develop this potential if they are granted...
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Posthuman figures in contemporary popular culture have heroic potential: Their physical strength transcends human limitations, and some possess a more comprehensive intelligence. However, they can only develop this potential if they are granted agency beyond human control. In the 21st century, the unconditional control of the human being in a posthuman life-world has become increasingly negotiable. From a multitude of films and TV series with diverse posthuman characters, the most prominent are those that are situated in a world where the position of the human as the most intelligent being in a posthuman world is open to challenge. This article presents a spectrum of posthuman heroic figures and narratives using examples from anglophone literature, film and television.
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Band 4,1 (2016): Heroisches Handeln und Dinglichkeit ; Volume 4,1 (2016): Heroes and things
Die Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften beschreiben heroische Figuren und ihre Taten meist als Manifestationen menschlicher Autonomie und Handlungsmacht. Dieser Zugang zum Heroischen hat Tradition – etwa in den bekannten Ausführungen zu Heldentum...
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Die Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften beschreiben heroische Figuren und ihre Taten meist als Manifestationen menschlicher Autonomie und Handlungsmacht. Dieser Zugang zum Heroischen hat Tradition – etwa in den bekannten Ausführungen zu Heldentum und Helden bei Hegel und Carlyle. Die Beiträge der vorliegenden Ausgabe wählen eine andere Perspektive und fragen nach Verflechtungen des Heroischen mit Dingen und Dinglichkeit. ; Historical and cultural studies usually define heroes and their deeds in terms of human autonomy and agency. This approach has a long tradition that includes well-known discussions of heroes and heroism like those proposed by Hegel and Carlyle. The contributions to this issue take another perspective, asking how the heroic has always and in different contexts been entangled with things.
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