Sara Molpeceres
List of John Benjamins publications for which Sara Molpeceres plays a role.
Articles
2020 Beyond the limits of death: Consciousness without bodies and simulacra of human beings in Science Fiction Discourses on the Edges of Life, Salvador, Vicent †, Adéla Kotátková and Ignasi Clemente (eds.), pp. 179–194 | Chapter
In this paper I will discuss two ways of extending the human life-span that have been used in Science Fiction. The first involves uploading the human mind onto a computer after physical death. The second involves a sinister scenario in which clones, doubles or virtual simulacra or simulations are… read more
2017 Chapter 10. Posthumanism and the city: The construction of identity and ideological conflict in discourses regarding the new technological self Developing New Identities in Social Conflicts: Constructivist perspectives, Morales-López, Esperanza and Alan Floyd (eds.), pp. 203–226 | Chapter
In this paper, I discuss the underlying ideological conflict behind the concept of the “Smart City.” Sometimes naively praised and embraced as a great technological achievement, the Smart City is a very controversial concept, particularly if we interpret it within the context of posthumanist… read more