Escape Philosophy Journeys Beyond the Human Body

The physical body has often been seen as a prison, as something to be escaped by any means necessary: technology, mechanization, drugs and sensory deprivation, alien abduction, Rapture, or even death and extinction. Taking in horror movies from David Cronenberg and UFO encounters, metal bands such a...

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Main Author: Christopher, Roy (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2022
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