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Makale Özeti:
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Recently, numerous scientific and technological advances have taken place and the
idea of man as the measure of all things has been challenged by the flourishing
manifestations of trans-/posthumanism. Therefore, what it means to be human has
been questioned by various theoreticians like Cary Wolfe, N. Katherine Hayles, and
Donna Haraway. In this regard, concepts like Self/Other, human/non-human,
body/mind are analysed in the framework of trans- and posthumanism. Margaret
Atwood’s Oryx and Crake (2003) not only indicates a posthuman condition but also
illustrates the question of identity regarding the characters. Consequently, this study
discloses breaking points which involve issues of authenticity, othering, as well as
identity explorations of the individuals based on post-/transhumanist theories and
significant issues of the contemporary age. In addition, the study scrutinizes the
human-nonhuman animal relationship and how it contributes to the identity formation
of the human in a posthuman era.
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