Becoming-Cyborg: Changing the Subject of the Social?
Becoming-Cyborg: Changing the Subject of the Social?
This chapter examines the possibility for a trans-human becoming that neither collapses back into the humanist conceit of an enhanced anthropomorphism nor simply negates this figure, thereby remaining caught in a binary bind of opposition. It discusses how Manfred E. Clynes and Nathan S. Kline's early formation of a logic of prosthesis has been carried into contemporary debates on cyborgs and the post-human and suggests a trans-human becoming in which technology plays a role that is decidedly non-prosthetic. It also explores Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's ontology of flow and connection that some have referred to as ‘cyborganization’.
Keywords: trans-human becoming, anthropomorphism, Manfred E. Clynes, Nathan S. Kline, prosthesis, technology, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, cyborganization
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