1st Edition
Neoliberalism and Cyberpunk Science Fiction Living on the Edge of Burnout
Introduction: Living on the Edge of Burnout
1. The Neoliberal Science Fictions of Cyberpunk
2. Self-Monitoring as Instrumentalized Self-Cultivation
3. Subtle State Killing as a Mode of Neoliberal Governmentality
4. Cyberpunk Necroscapes and Necro-temporality in Blade Runner
5. Reframing the Biohacker Within the Logic of Intensity
6. Conclusion: Defamiliarizing Neoliberalism Through Cyberpunk Science Fiction
Biography
Caroline Alphin is an English Instructor at Radford University. Her research interests include biopolitics, science fiction, genre studies, feminist theory, and studies of neoliberalism.
"Intense burn out is ironically the goal of neoliberal biopolitics – this innovative book on Cyberpunk explores the temporality between the promises and the failures letting people slowly die in the accelerating shadows…"
Geoffrey Whitehall, Acadia University
"Caroline Alphin’s book is on the leading edge of international political theory. It aptly tells the story of how neoliberalism produces new forms of social, technological, and embodied existence. Alphin pushes the reader to ask difficult questions about the taken for granted ways in which neoliberalism perpetuates itself via mechanisms ranging from the fitbit to the biohacker. It is an impressive book, which should be read by anyone interested in understanding the politics of modern cityscapes."
Jessica Auchter, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
