Chapter 8 Vulnerability through the Invulnerable Transhuman Lens Ethics and Disruption of Emotional Connections and Mental Affections in Maniac (2018)

This chapter examines representations of mental conditions in the dystopian backdrop for transhumanism in Netflix's series Maniac. In the quest for human perfectionism, vulnerabilities are exposed and intensified by technological disruption. The transhumanist promise of human enhancement is pre...

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Main Author: Chapman, Ana (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2024
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