tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331917990627226586.post2482648620661456544..comments2023-08-29T04:35:15.852-07:00Comments on The Trent Philosophy Blog: The Truth of the Post-Human?Neil Turnbullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757980706607642699noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331917990627226586.post-83098839694330398252010-05-01T05:42:21.802-07:002010-05-01T05:42:21.802-07:00Yes, but isn't there a relationship between th...Yes, but isn't there a relationship between the post-human technological condition and the rise of post-humanism, a la Foucault, Lacan etc?<br /><br />If so, this might be even more chilling!<br /><br />Neil TurnbullNeil Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757980706607642699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331917990627226586.post-29101180879676921452010-04-29T10:36:21.958-07:002010-04-29T10:36:21.958-07:00Sends a chill down my spine!Sends a chill down my spine!Patrick O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214527565440373019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331917990627226586.post-37744452277429120902010-04-29T10:09:40.803-07:002010-04-29T10:09:40.803-07:00of course, as has been mentioned, the subject itse...of course, as has been mentioned, the subject itself will not be able to rebel against that technology as an object of oppression and the means of its alienation because it is partly constituted by that technology. Perhaps this would be the end of class war, and even revolution in general, irrelevant of the source of dissent. Have you seen the film 'Surrogate'? its terrible but I reccomend watching it. Its set in the near future. People stay at home operating robot likenesses of themselves. these are the only connection people have to each other and the outside world. Companies use the populations' fear of contagious diseases and their obsession with designable personas to keep people in doors and consuming the robotic productsfred, dux hominumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310017562311163045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331917990627226586.post-53760814034384700752010-04-29T10:04:05.817-07:002010-04-29T10:04:05.817-07:00Its a difficult one. it touches on what we were di...Its a difficult one. it touches on what we were discussing after the 'academocracy' presentation. That the left as we know it does not, and cannot exist in a traditional sense. whether it is possible or necessary to maintain a position of suspicion, critique, and dissent against modes of domination and oppression is another matter that would require a mind greater than mine to muse on. I do think there are interesting examples of post-human oppression and rebellion in science fiction. huxley's 'brave new world' has workers chemically transformed and raised specifically for their tasks. Perhaps we will see technological adjustments to man, making it easier to utilise the productivity of workers (i mean workers in a sense not necessarily reliant on manual labour of course).fred, dux hominumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310017562311163045noreply@blogger.com