Mapping the Posthuman

Grant Hamilton is Associate Professor of English Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He teaches and writes in the areas of literary theory, twentieth-century world literatures, African literature, and computational literary studies. He is the author of The London Object (2021), The World of Failing Machines (2016), and On Representation (2011). He is the co-editor of A Companion to Mia Couto (2016), and editor of Reading Marechera (2013).Carolyn Lau teaches and researches on global speculative fictions, contemporary literature, and narrative futures in the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is the author of Posthuman Subjectivity in the Novels of J.G. Ballard (2023).

• List of FiguresList of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: An OrientationGrant Hamilton & Carolyn LauSection 1: ELIZA (1964-1966) Chapter 1. Posthuman Bodies: Why They (Still) MatterN. Katherine HaylesChapter 2. Quantum Machine IntelligenceAlessandra Di Pierro & Luca ViganòChapter 3. BertyAngela SuChapter 4. Simulation in the Post-reality Feedback Loop Kenny K. N. ChowChapter 5. An Object Misplaced in TimeJule OwenSection 2: Anansi (1526)Chapter 6. An Interview with Rosi Braidotti Grant Hamilton, Carolyn Lau & Rosi BraidottiChapter 7. Technogenesis as White MythologyStephen Cave & Kanta DihalChapter 8. The First VirsDanbee KimChapter 9. In the Lap of the SynthStephen OramChapter 10. Utopianism in the Technological AgeLizzie O’SheaSection 3: R.U.Radius (1921) Chapter 11. Raised by Robots: Imagining Posthuman ‘Maternal’ TouchAmelia DeFalco & Luna DolezalChapter 12. Tender BodiesZheng MahlerChapter 13 SmartwatchJennifer L RohnChapter 14. The Tablet Stroker, ReduxChristine AicardiChapter 15. CHOM5KY vs CHOMSKY: A Reflection on Machines, Meanings, and MetaphorsSandra RodriguezChapter 16. BiospheresTa-wei ChiSection 4: Anansi, Reprised (1526) Chapter 17. Storying Relations as Posthuman Ethics Carolyn LauChapter 18. The World After, Lost EonsDavid BlandyChapter 19. Hello, World! Hello, Poetic Zombies!Winnie Soon & Susan ScarlataChapter 20. Foreign BodiesPippa GoldschmidtChapter 21. Melanin ObjectAri Larissa HeinrichChapter 22. An Interview with Jes FanAri Larissa Heinrich & Jes FanSection 5: Potnia Theron (6,000BC) Chapter 23. Beyond Transcendence: From ‘human’ to ‘Human’ in Tchaikovsky's Children SeriesSheryl VintChapter 24. Scoby skin, Yellow soupHSURAEChapter 25. Posthuman SpiritualityFrancesco Ferrando & Debashish BanerjiChapter 26. The Left-hand Click and the Left-hand Lay: Intersecting Technology and Folk Belief in Posthuman SpiritualityEvelyn WanChapter 27. Towards a Low-Trophic Theory in Feminist Posthumanities: Staying with Environmental Violence, Ecological Grief, and the Trouble of Consumption Cecilia Åsberg & Marietta RadomskaBibliographyIndex