{"product_id":"9798765162941","title":"Screening Technology, Theorizing Posthumanism Humanness and Embodiment in Science Fiction Film and Television","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThinking Cinema\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eScreening Technology, Theorizing Posthumanism\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHumanness and Embodiment in Science Fiction Film and Television\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLiam Rogers | David Martin-Jones | Sarah Cooper\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScreening Technology, Theorizing Posthumanism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines how different embodiments of technological life come to be inscribed with qualities of humanness across mainstream film and television, so as to understand the ways in which posthumanism emerges onscreen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow more than ever, we are being told that technologies capable of performing as though they were human are being developed at an unprecedented rate. In order to make sense of the wide-ranging social, ethical and philosophical ramifications of such technologies, cultural commentators, researchers and philosophers are turning to science fiction for answers. Rather than dismiss those who do so, this book builds upon this critical impulse to consider how film and television respond to the question: what does it mean to be human in an age of technological crisis?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiam Rogers makes the case for a film-and-television-philosophy approach to examine what mainstream science fiction can offer posthumanism in its technoscientific visions of the future. Through close readings of popular films such as \u003ci\u003eHer \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), \u003ci\u003eWALL-E \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and \u003ci\u003eCHAPPiE \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), as well as series like \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror \u003c\/i\u003e(2011-present) and \u003ci\u003eMy Holo Love \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), it considers what it might mean to theorize posthumanism onscreen, what screening technology looks like, and, more importantly, why it matters. In doing so, this book casts posthumanism's relationship to screened media in new light. Locating the posthumanist potential within voice-, touch- and movement-based humanness, this book demonstrates the audio-visual ways in which films and television series navigate us through the current technoscientific landscape by offering us distinctly paradoxical theorizations of what it means to be human. It is this paradoxicality that ultimately complicates, challenges and advances posthumanism as a philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLiam Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e is a UK-based independent researcher of film and television philosophy. Having completed his PhD in 2024, he previously worked as an Associate Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. His work has been published in the journals\u003ci\u003e Film-Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScience-Fiction Film and Television\u003c\/i\u003e. Liam has also contributed to an AHRC-funded research project on responsible AI in the creative industries at Bournemouth University, UK, and currently works as a Senior Policy Adviser in Higher Education \u0026amp; Research Policy at the British Academy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765162941\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e296\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51965835083916,"sku":"9798765162941","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_1316fce7-8f04-4966-b870-19cc01ae3207.jpg?v=1786071380","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765162941","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}