140 KB0 KB200420252018Leach, Antoniaštevilka:1letnik:15str. 69-81ISSN:1581-8918COBISSID:68251490URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-RQ2YSMAKenZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v LjubljaniELOPE (Ljubljana)Banks, Iain M.Culture (serija)postčlovekumetna inteligencaznanstvena fantastikaIain M. Banks - human, posthuman and beyond human| Iain M. Banks - človeško, postčloveško in onkraj-človeško|Iain M. Banks has been at the forefront of the space opera science fiction scene since the publication of the first culture novel, Consider Phlebas, in 1987. Upon Banks' death in 2013, the culture series became a complete body of work. Whilst some criticism has focused on the social and political implications of the culture universe, little has engaged with the philosophical concepts that underpin it in relation to the current debate regarding our posthuman future. This paper seeks to show how Banks problematises the relationship between the human and posthuman through an exploration of the representation of the posthuman body. Furthermore, it also seeks to address the implications of current concepts of what it means to be human by exploring the relationship between the posthuman and form of Artificial Intelligence that Banks presents. to illustrate these arguments, three culture texts will be discussed: The Player of Games (1988) Excession (1996), and "The State of the Art" (1989)Iain M. Banks je že od izida prvega romana iz serije culture z naslovom Consider Phlebas (1987) eno vodilnih imen znanstvenofantastične vesoljske opere. Po Banksovi smrti l. 2013 je serija del o nezemeljski civilizaciji culture postala zaokrožena celota. Večina kritiških obravnav se osredotoča na družbene in politične implikacije te družbe, le malo pa se jih ukvarja s filozofskimi koncepti, ki serijo povezujejo z aktualno debato o postčloveški prihodnosti. Z analizo reprezentacij postčloveškega telesa v teh delih želim pokazati, na kakšen način Banks problematizira povezavo med človeškim in postčloveškim. V prispevku se z raziskavo odnosa, ki ga Banks vzpostavi med med postčlovekom in umetno inteligenco, dotaknem tudi pomena sodobnih pogledov na to, kaj je človek. Svoja opažanja utemeljujem na treh besedilih iz serije culture: The Player of Games (1988), Excession (1996) in "The State of the Art" (1989)TEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Znanstvena založba