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This study examines how Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? aligns with the posthuman Gothic while also exposing stratified exclusion and inequality within human society. It argues that the novel’s source of horror stems not merely from the collapse of boundaries between the human and the nonhuman but also from the ways these boundaries function as mechanisms of social and political precarity. The preservation of human identity paradoxically operates as a form of power that excludes certain beings within humanity. Thus, the anxieties of posthuman Gothic are not solely ontological crises but are deeply entangled with biopolitical forces that regulate precarity. Focusing on John Isidore, this study explores these concerns through Judith Butler’s concept of precarity. Isidore’s life exemplifies how hierarchical classifications of humanity lead to exclusion and the invisibilization of those deemed unworthy of a “livable life.” However, Isidore simultaneously reshapes and extends his capacity for empathy, reaching out to those living in precarious conditions. Finally, this paper examines how the novel interrogates the possibility of solidarity beyond political and social regulatory structures—particularly the use of empathy and Mercerism--by foregrounding care and interdependence.

목차

I. 서론
II. 포스트휴먼 시대의 삶의 조건과 프레카리티
III. 이시도어와 키플의 세상
IV. 공감, 그리고 연대와 저항의 가능성
V. 결론
Works Cited
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저자

• 김혜진 [ Kim, Hyejin | 전북대학교 ]

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810