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Cyborgization: Pros and Cons

Cyborgization: Pros and Cons

Liudmila Vladimirovna Baeva
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781522529736|ISBN10: 152252973X|EISBN13: 9781522529743
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2973-6.ch006
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Baeva, Liudmila Vladimirovna. "Cyborgization: Pros and Cons." Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society, edited by Steven John Thompson, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 138-150. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2973-6.ch006

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Baeva, L. V. (2018). Cyborgization: Pros and Cons. In S. Thompson (Ed.), Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society (pp. 138-150). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2973-6.ch006

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Baeva, Liudmila Vladimirovna. "Cyborgization: Pros and Cons." In Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society, edited by Steven John Thompson, 138-150. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2973-6.ch006

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Abstract

The image of the cyborg in modern society is being formed from the standpoint of modern scientific developments and media culture: the various phenomena of e-culture. The article presents an overview of current research related to understanding the nature of cyborgs, a philosophical analysis of the socio-humanitarian aspects of the process of cyborgization, the arguments pro and contra. The problem of cyborgization considered in the context of transformation of gender, immortality and ethics, etc. Special attention is paid to the study of the image of the cyborg in modern mass culture, from cinema to computer games.

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