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A Study On Black Mirror From The Perspective Of Posthumanism

Posted on:2020-10-29Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J W HuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330575467808Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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The "immersion" of high-tech biotechnology has enabled mankind to enter the post-human era.Under the development of real technologies such as information technology,biotechnology,and virtual technology,people can transform themselves through technology.People's living conditions have changed rapidly.The topic of "Black Mirror" touches the most sensitive and hot topic at present.Under the high-tech environment,how humans position themselves and how to treat the relationship between human beings and technology."Black Mirror" is not a Hollywood science fiction with romantic imagination and grand narrative,it is more like an extension of the current real life,the play focuses on the daily behavior of human individuals,and presents the imagination of the future life of human beings in the form of television images.The whole play takes pessimism of science and technology as its keynote,expressing its concern about the elimination of human subjectivity.This article will be divided into the following five sections:The introduction mainly introduces the significance of the topic,research situation,research methods,research ideas and research difficulties.The first chapter mainly combs the basic concepts and evolution of post-anthropism,discusses the inheritance,deconstruction and reflection of post-anthropism on "humanism",as well as the reflective and critical power of post-humanism,questioning the existing order and future possibilities of mankind,analyzing the multiple metaphors of "mirror" in "Black Mirror",and looking for the image world and post-anthropism presented in "Black Mirror".The fit point of theory.The second chapter mainly analyses the post-human survival picture presented in "Black Mirror".The first section mainly analyses the cyborg form in the broadest sense,i.e.the mobile phone person,and the cyborg form embedded with memory chips,monitoring systems and other artifacts in the narrow sense.The second section analyzes the characteristics of multimedia and virtuality of cyberspace.People's daily life is closely interwoven with cyberspace,and cyberspace tends to erode and squeeze the real world.The third chapter mainly discusses the post-human survival dilemma presented in "Black Mirror".The excessive dependence on media technology leads to the alienation of personality,and the media network also stimulates the ugly side of human nature.The analysis of the philosophical propositions of death,freedom and subjectivity in "Black Mirror".the regulation of memory by memory chip and the screening of human genes by genetic engineering all make human face the danger of subjectivity elimination.The reproducibility of individual consciousness threatens the disappearance of uniqueness,and the duplication of non-human human consciousness threatens the imbalance of morality within human beings.These are the dilemmas that post-human beings may face.The concluding part summarizes the whole article."Black Mirror" describes a post-human world.The values it conveys are to adhere to the principles and baselines of traditional humanism.However,technological progress contains both advantages and disadvantages.Science and technology are not entirely opposed to moral norms,and outdated concepts will be eliminated in questioning and criticism.The pessimism of science and technology in "Black Mirror "has its prospects and limitations.The critical consciousness of "Black Mirror "provides us with an exploration and reflection of the near future and a prudent attitude to meet the post-human era.This is the value of "Black Mirror" for us.
Keywords/Search Tags:post-human, cyborg, subjectivity, alienation
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