“God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake

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Autor(a) principal: Marques, Eduardo Marks de
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Gragoatá
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/32945
Resumo: This paper aims to problematise the recent resurgence of literary dystopian narratives in Anglophone literatures, suggesting that such narratives must be read through a perspective that considers the centrality of the dystopian body as a transhuman entity. From the arguments raised by the discussions of transhumanism and posthumanism, the impact of scientific development in the construction of desire, and of the role of theological thought in postmodernity, the goal is to discuss how these ideas appear and are presented in Canadian novelist Margaret Atwoord’s Oryx and Crake.--Original in English
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spelling “God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake“God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Craketranshumanismposthumanismdystopiasdystopian bodyOryx and Craketransumanismopós-humanismodistopiascorpo distópicoOryx and CrakeThis paper aims to problematise the recent resurgence of literary dystopian narratives in Anglophone literatures, suggesting that such narratives must be read through a perspective that considers the centrality of the dystopian body as a transhuman entity. From the arguments raised by the discussions of transhumanism and posthumanism, the impact of scientific development in the construction of desire, and of the role of theological thought in postmodernity, the goal is to discuss how these ideas appear and are presented in Canadian novelist Margaret Atwoord’s Oryx and Crake.--Original in EnglishO presente trabalho almeja problematizar o recente ressurgimento de narrativas literárias distópicas nas literaturas de língua inglesa, sugerindo que as mesmas devam ser lidas a partir de uma perspectiva que considere a centralidade do corpo distópico, corpo este que deve ser entendido como uma entidade transumana. A partir das discussões de transumanismo e pós-humanismo, do impacto do desenvolvimento científico na construção do desejo e do papel do pensamento teológico na pós-modernidade, almeja-se discutir as formas como tais ideias aparecem e são apresentadas na obra Oryx and Crake, da escritora canadense Margaret Atwood.---Artigo em inglêsUniversidade Federal Fluminense2013-12-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/3294510.22409/gragoata.v18i35.32945Gragoatá; Vol. 18 No. 35 (2013): Contemporary textuality of ruin and resistanceGragoatá; v. 18 n. 35 (2013): Textualidades contemporâneas de ruína e resistência2358-41141413-907310.22409/gragoata.v18i35reponame:Gragoatáinstname:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)instacron:UFFporhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/32945/18932Copyright (c) 2019 Gragoatáinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMarques, Eduardo Marks de2019-08-23T10:54:32Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/32945Revistahttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoataPUBhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/oai||revistagragoata@gmail.com2358-41141413-9073opendoar:2019-08-23T10:54:32Gragoatá - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv “God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake
“God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake
title “God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake
spellingShingle “God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake
Marques, Eduardo Marks de
transhumanism
posthumanism
dystopias
dystopian body
Oryx and Crake
transumanismo
pós-humanismo
distopias
corpo distópico
Oryx and Crake
title_short “God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake
title_full “God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake
title_fullStr “God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake
title_full_unstemmed “God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake
title_sort “God is a cluster of neurons”: Neo-posthumanism, theocide, theogony and anti-myths of origin in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake
author Marques, Eduardo Marks de
author_facet Marques, Eduardo Marks de
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Marques, Eduardo Marks de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv transhumanism
posthumanism
dystopias
dystopian body
Oryx and Crake
transumanismo
pós-humanismo
distopias
corpo distópico
Oryx and Crake
topic transhumanism
posthumanism
dystopias
dystopian body
Oryx and Crake
transumanismo
pós-humanismo
distopias
corpo distópico
Oryx and Crake
description This paper aims to problematise the recent resurgence of literary dystopian narratives in Anglophone literatures, suggesting that such narratives must be read through a perspective that considers the centrality of the dystopian body as a transhuman entity. From the arguments raised by the discussions of transhumanism and posthumanism, the impact of scientific development in the construction of desire, and of the role of theological thought in postmodernity, the goal is to discuss how these ideas appear and are presented in Canadian novelist Margaret Atwoord’s Oryx and Crake.--Original in English
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