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I'd Rather be a Sinner than a Cyborg

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posted on 2024-10-28, 04:04 authored by LA Tatman
Upon which Christian theological metaphors and models is Donna Haraway's understanding of 'cyborg' ontologically dependent, and how and why might it matter? This article explores the possibility that Haraway's cyborg is a saviour-figure, made partially in the image of a transcendent God. It suggests that cyborgs do have an origin story, and that their story is inseparably linked to the theological development of Heilsgeschichte, or salvation history, which is itself linked, arguably, to the technological developments of the Industrial Revolution. Taking Haraway at her word, or at least her Christian theological words, reveals a disturbingly indifferent cyborg-God, one perfectly at ease with apocalyptic imagery and feats, but one who does not comprehend that apocalyptic rhetoric was never meant to be taken literally.

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Publication title

The European Journal of Women's Studies

Volume

10

Issue

1

Pagination

51-64

ISSN

1350-5068

Department/School

Philosophy and Gender Studies

Publisher

Sage

Publication status

  • Published

Place of publication

London

Socio-economic Objectives

230108 Gender and sexualities

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