A study of the post-human condition in Powers's Generosity:An Enhancement
Richard Powers,an American postmodern writer,is well known as the spokesperson of the post-Pynchon era.He often involves a lot of scientific knowledge and explores the most cutting-edge scientific issues in his works.His gene novel Generosity:An Enhancement,published in 2009,describes a series of doubts,pursuit and satire on the heroine Thassa and her"happy gene"in the post-human society with the rapid development of Internet information,genetic engineering and science and technology.Through depic-ting such a kind of society in which post-humans will lead a kind of life,integrated with technology and digital,Powers affirms science to some extent as the ultimate salvation of our time,while criticizing the total reliance on technology and the neglect of the fundamental problems of humanity.In Generosity:An Enhancement,Powers depicts post-human conditions through the changes in the following three dimen-sions:human existence mode,human nature and human value.The paper discusses as well Powers's ex-ploratory thinking on the common community of integration and coexistence of human beings and high-technology.
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