A Posthuman Vampire: Conflicts of Rational Science and Racial Views in Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Bu makale kültür ve doğa arasında var olduğu düşünülen ayrım olarak Aydınlanma felsefelerinde önümüze çıkan insan merkezli akıl ve beden ikilemini incelemektedir. Dracula’daki doğa ve kültür somutlaşmasına odaklanarak, zalim erkek imajının posthümanist çizilmesi üzerine odaklanmaktadır. Roman kültürlü beyaz İngiliz toplumu ve doğal içgüdüsel beyaz olmayan bir toplum arasındaki derin zıtlığı ortaya koyarak aynı zamanda sömürgecilik anlayışını da ele alır. Bu bağlamda, bu makale akılcı bilimin çöküşü ve ırkçılık incelemeleri odağında Bram Stoker’ın Dracula (1897) adlı eserini inceleyecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Bram Stoker, Dracula, mind-body dualism, posthumanism, colonialism

A Posthuman Vampire: Conflicts of Rational Science and Racial Views in Bram Stoker’s Dracula

This article delves into the anthropocentric dichotomy between mind and body, furthered in the Enlightenment philosophies as an alleged divide between culture and nature. With a specific focus on the embodiment of nature and culture in Dracula, it elaborates on the posthumanist portrayal of the tyrannical male. By formulating a deep contrast between the cultured white English society and natural instinctual non-white community, the novel also hints at colonial ideology. Within this framework, this article illustrates an analysis of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) with a focal point on the illustration of the collapse of rational sciences and the existence of racial discrimination.

Keywords:

Bram Stoker, Dracula, mind-body dualism, posthumanism, colonialism,

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