Less Human, More Ourselves: Michel Houellebecq’s Neohumans and the Anthropocene Subject
This essay explores the way in which Michel Houellebecq’s literary depictions of a genetically modified ‘human’ race, described as ‘neohumans’, articulate the distress of the Anthropocene subject and explore the evolution of subjectivity in a techno-natural context. Considering Houellebecq’s work in...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2018-02-01
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| Series: | C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings |
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| Online Access: | https://c21.openlibhums.org/articles/32 |