The Matrix in theory / / edited by Myriam Diocaretz and Stefan Herbrechter.

The Matrix trilogy continues to split opinions widely, polarising the downright dismissive and the wildly enthusiastic. Nevertheless, it has been fully embraced as a rich source of theoretical and cultural references. The contributions in this volume probe the effects the Matrix trilogy continues to...

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Superior document:Critical studies ; vol. 29
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Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Critical studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 29.
Physical Description:1 online resource (315 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / MYRIAM DIOCARETZ and STEFAN HERBRECHTER
  • INTRODUCTION THEORY IN THE MATRIX / STEFAN HERBRECHTER
  • “SO TONIGHT I’M GONNA PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999” LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MATRIX / JON STRATTON
  • REVOLUTION IN THE MATRIX: A CUE CALL FOR REFLEXIVE SOCIOLOGY / KIMBERLY BARTON
  • ENTER THE MATRIX – INTERACTIVITY AND THE LOGIC OF DIGITAL CAPITALISM / CHRISTIAN KRUG and JOACHIM FRENK
  • PHILOSOPHY AND THE MATRIX / CHRIS FALZON
  • SIMULACRA, SIMULATION AND THE MATRIX / SVEN LUTZKA
  • IS THERE AN EXIT FROM “VIRTUAL REALITY?” GRID AND NETWORK – FROM TRON TO THE MATRIX / ELIE DURING
  • TECHNOFANTASIES AND EMBODIMENT / DON IHDE
  • QUEERING THE MATRIX: HACKING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND SLASHING INTO THE FUTURE / AIMEE BAHNG
  • SEXING THE MATRIX: GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN/AS CYBERFICTION / RAINER EMIG
  • MATRIX – THE NEW CONSTITUTION BETWEEN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND WETWARE / DENISA KERA
  • THE MATRIX TRILOGY AND THE TRIUMPH OF VIRTUAL REASON – TERRITORIALIZED TOPOI, NOMADIC LINES / SALAH EL MONCEF BIN KHALIFA
  • THE POSTHUMAN SUBJECT IN THE MATRIX / STEFAN HERBRECHTER
  • “NEW THEORY?” THE POSTHUMANIST ACADEMY AND THE BEGUILEMENTS OF THE MATRIX TRILOGY / IVAN CALLUS
  • CONTRIBUTORS / MYRIAM DIOCARETZ and STEFAN HERBRECHTER.