Posthuman Aesthetics and the Critique of Transhumanism in the Cinema of Neill Blomkamp
Pubblicato 15-07-2026
Parole chiave
- posthuman,
- transhumanism,
- science fiction,
- body,
- Neill Blomkamp
- bioethics,
- cinema,
- hybridization ...Più
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Abstract
This essay examines posthuman aesthetics in the films of Neill Blomkamp, focusing on District 9 (2009), Elysium (2013), and Chappie (2015). It argues that Blomkamp’s cinema develops a disillusioned critique of transhumanist utopias, problematizing human machine hybridization in bioethical and socio-political terms. At the same time, his films outline an alternative, affirmative posthumanist anthropology. The study adopts a qualitative methodology based on a semiotic- narrative analytical grid and is situated within the theoretical framework of posthuman studies.