The Posthuman in âRealisticâ Cinema

JoÃ£o Maia

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Pages:: 134â145

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004741553_010

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The aim of this chapter is to develop the analysis and questioning of the human condition in contemporary society, based on cinematographic works other than science fiction and fantasy films. In particular, the scripts of films released since 2000 that deal with the present day are analyzed. The objective is to identify striking elements of contemporary society that add new problem-posing issues to the human experience. Specifically, the globalised and digitalised environment in which we live is developing the human experience towards a posthuman dimension. In this respect, developments in science and technology support the idea of Sartreâs philosophy that the given conditions in specific contexts of a social reality shape the human condition, as opposed to the existence of an unchanging human nature.

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Entanglements in the Age of the Posthuman

Series:Â Critical Posthumanisms, Volume: 8

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004741553

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 05 Dec 2025

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