POSTHUMAN ELEMENTS IN ROMANIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION
POSTHUMAN ELEMENTS IN ROMANIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to highlight some elements of the very broad discussion about posthumanism. The first idea under discussion is that posthumanism can be researched in both the area of reality, of science, and in that of fiction. The second idea concerns the human body, biological and modified, because there is no longer a clear demarcation between the two. In real life, there are many people who accept medical procedures that consist in implanting devices to support or improve their lives. It seems that the transition to cyborgs (that are mostly artificial bodies) can no longer be considered a long way off. We are moving into the field of fiction, where we find that the themes related to posthumanism are frequently addressed by Romanian authors of speculative fiction (fantasy and science fiction).

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