Bodies in Code by Mark B N Hansen

Bodies in Code by Mark B N Hansen

Bodies in Code explores how our bodies experience and adapt to digital environments. Cyberculture theorists have tended to overlook biological reality when talking about virtual reality, and Mark B. N. Hansen's book shows what they've been missing. Cyberspace is anchored in the body, he argues, and it's the body--not high-tech computer graphics--that allows a person to feel like they are really "moving" through virtual reality. Of course these virtual experiences are also profoundly affecting our very understanding of what it means to live as embodied beings. Hansen draws upon recent work in visual culture, cognitive science, and new media studies, as well as examples of computer graphics, websites, and new media art, to show how our bodies are in some ways already becoming virtual.

'A stunning work of philosophical originality and brilliance' - Timothy Lenoir, Stanford University

Mark B. N. Hansen is Professor of English at the University of Chicago. He is author of New Philosophy forNew Media and Embodying Technesis: Technology BeyondWriting and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion toMerleau-Ponty.

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Title	Bodies in Code
Author	Mark B N Hansen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2006-09-19
Number of pages	340
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