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The Spectre of Globalized Biotechnological Exploitation in the Science Fiction of Muhammad Zafar Iqbal

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dc.contributor.author Sarkar, Abhishek
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-13T04:53:57Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-13T04:53:57Z
dc.date.issued 2018-12-12
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/3494
dc.description.abstract This article discusses select science fiction texts by the Bangladeshi author Muhammad Zafar Iqbal with reference to a recurring theme, namely, the globalized exploitation of Third World bodies. This article discusses how these texts demonize technological modifications of the human body and suggest a core of “human” sentiments as the guiding force for combating such biotechnological intervention. This article focuses on a few texts where two key plot elements are, (i) artificially and illegally manipulated human bodies, and, (ii) the surveillance of the central characters by ruthless, technologically superior First World actors and their local collaborators. The texts analyzed in detail are “Dr. Triple A” (2000), Prodigy (2011), and Animan (2014). In these texts, Iqbal reposes faith in a human exceptionalism that is predicated upon emotions and morality. He thus steers clear of Western philosophical trends such as posthumanism or transhumanism. This is borne out by these texts’ celebration of strong interpersonal attachments and selfless love, which help (morally and emotionally alert) underdogs engage with and ultimately defeat their self-centred, technologically advanced oppressors. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher East West University en_US
dc.subject Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, science fiction, multinational corporations, globalized milieu, biotechnological exploitation, third world victims, human emotions en_US
dc.title The Spectre of Globalized Biotechnological Exploitation in the Science Fiction of Muhammad Zafar Iqbal en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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