Robert Romanyshyn\u2019s book, Victor Frankenstein, the Monster and the Shadows of Technology: The Frankenstein Prophecies, tells Mary Shelley\u2019s story from the Monster\u2019s point of view. Created and abandoned by his maker, he carries the nightmare side of Frankenstein\u2019s noble but flawed dream to be a new god who would banish death from the human condition.<\/p>\n
Through a series of eight questions based on Mary Shelley\u2019s work, The Frankenstein Prophecies shows not only how Victor Frankenstein\u2019s story and the Monster\u2019s tale continue to haunt us in the guises of: climate crises with their destructive impact on nature; the terrorism of the \u2018god wars\u2019 among our major religions; the swelling worldwide population of refugees; the loss of place in digital space; and the ways in which our genetic and computer technologies are redefining what it means to be a human being without a body.<\/p>\n
It also shows that the question \u2018Who is the Monster?\u2019 is the essence of a radical ethics, which lies at the heart of this story. The Monster\u2019s tale also cultivates the seed of Mary Shelley\u2019s story as a love story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Robert Romanyshyn\u2019s book, Victor Frankenstein, the Monster and the Shadows of Technology: The Frankenstein Prophecies, tells Mary Shelley\u2019s story from the Monster\u2019s point of view. Created and abandoned by his maker, he carries the nightmare side of Frankenstein\u2019s noble but flawed dream to be a new god who would banish death from the human condition. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"template":"","level_of_course":[981],"class_list":["post-29674","courses","type-courses","status-publish","hentry","level_of_course-introductory"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n