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BERIAIN, Josetxo. From the War of the Worlds to the War of the Times: Techno-Bio-Power and Social Acceleration in Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner. rev.estud.soc. [online]. 2018, n.65, pp.36-47. ISSN 0123-885X.  https://doi.org/10.7440/res65.2018.04.

This study analyzes the meaning and functions of social acceleration and the intensification of the thresholds of human existence as a consequence of the application of techno-bio-power to human life through genetic engineering, taking the science fiction film, Blade Runner, by Ridley Scott as a case study. The authors from whom I draw support for constructing the conceptual framework of this study are Reinhart Koselleck -his extraordinary socio-historical studies of acceleration-, Herman Lübbe and David Harvey - their analyses of the phenomenon of the compression of time- and Harmut Rosa -with his theory about the driving forces of modern acceleration. The article explores the influence of variables like bio-technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the creation of a new accelerated time, which redefine human nature and its social and cognitive surroundings. The conclusion is that natural evolution has been redefined by human design.

Palabras clave : acceleration; compression of time; shortening of time; techno-bio-power.

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