A Genealogy of Cyborgothic

In his provocative and timely study of posthumanism, Dongshin Yi adopts an imaginary/imaginative approach to exploring the transformative power of the cyborg, a strategy that introduces balance to the current discourses dominated by the practicalities of technoscience and the dictates of anthropocentrism. Proposing the term "cyborgothic" to characterize a new

Durch sein Wesen eröffnet das Spiel Welten jenseits der alltäglichen Realität und neue Bezugssysteme, die immer bedeutungsvoll mit ihr interagieren. Kultur braucht den Freiraum, den das Spielen generiert, um zu entstehen, sich zu verändern und anzupassen. Komplexe Querverbindungen zwischen spielerischen Anderswelten und dem Alltag von Individuen und Gruppen bilden das

'Landmarks in the History of Science' is a concise history of science from a global and macro-historical standpoint. It is an account of grand theoretical revolutions, such as heliocentrism, atomism, and relativity. But, more importantly, it is also a story of the methodological transitions to the experimental, mathematical, constructivist and

In its intimate joining of self and machine, video gaming works to extend the body into a fluid, dynamic, unstable, and discontinuous entity. While digital gaming and culture has become a popular field of academic study, there has been a lack of sustained philosophical analysis of this direct gaming experience.

The subject of social robotics has enormous projected economic significance. However, social robots not only present us with novel opportunities but also with novel risks that go far beyond safety issues. It is a potentially highly disruptive technology which could negatively affect the most valuable parts of the fabric of