{"product_id":"9781913462949","title":"Post-Self : Journeys Beyond the Human Body","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Roy Christopher\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eTheory of music \u0026amp; musicology\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 December 2025 by Watkins Media Limited (Repeater Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 1 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 | 369g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing extreme music and film as points of departure, Post-Self digs deep into the darkest thoughts of the most dissatisfied minds, minds that want to leave their bodies behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone is looking for a way out. Throughout history, the physical body has often been seen as a prison, as something to be escaped by any means necessary: technology, mechanization, drugs and sensory deprivation, rapture, or even death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking in horror movies, heavy metal, philosophy, science fiction, and cybernetics, Post-Self is an exploration of the ways that human beings have sought to make this escape, to transcend the limits of the human body, to find a way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the physical world continues to collapse around us, and we are faced with a particularly 21st-century kind of dread and dehumanization,Post-Self asks what this escape from our bodies might look like, and what it might mean for the future of civilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56261699305847,"sku":"9781913462949","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781913462949.jpg?v=1764250231","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.live\/products\/9781913462949","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}