“Absolute Alterity”? The Alien Animal, the Human Alien, and the Limits of Posthumanism in Star Trek
As humanity defines itself through an animal other, one could likewise claim that the human in sf texts is demarcated by being non-alien. This viewpoint establishes an intimate connection between alien and animal, both representing the other, that which, in Jacques Derrida’s definition of “absolute...
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12464 |