Hawking incorporated : Stephen Hawking and the anthropology of the knowing subject
These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology. One wonders where the individual, the person, the human, and the body are-or, alternatively, where they stop. These are the kinds of questions Hélène Mialet explores in this fascinating volume, as she focuses on a man who is permanently attached to assemblages of machines, devices, and collectivities of people: Stephen Hawking. Drawing on an extensive and in-depth series of interviews wi
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The assistants and the machines
The students
The diagrams
The media
Reading Hawking's presence
An interview with a self-effacing man
At the beginning of forever
Archiving Hawking
The thinker
Hawking meets Hawking
Conclusion: a recurring question
From exemplum to cipher