Beyond Humanism: Trans- and Posthumanism / Jenseits DES Humanismus: Trans- Und Posthumanismus – serie
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Post- and Transhumanism
An Introduction
Av Robert Ranisch, Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
Inbunden, 2014
623 kr
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Scientific advances in genetics, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence signal the end of our traditional concept of the human being. The most vigorous movements dealing with this ongoing crisis of humanism are posthumanism and transhumanism. While posthumanism reconsiders what it means to be …
Sartre and Posthumanist Humanism
Inbunden, 2012
468 kr
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In recent years, calls for a new humanism have arisen from a variety of voices across the spectrum of philosophy, expressing frustration with outdated models of the human that cannot account for the richness of our social being. The postmodern deconstruction of the human now requires a …
Evolution and the Future
Anthropology, Ethics, Religion- In cooperation with Nikola Grimm
Av Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, Branka-Rista Jovanovic
Inbunden, 2013
596 kr
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Leading scholars from various disciplines analyze the relevance of evolutionary theory for future developments, whereby the fields of anthropology, ethics, and theology are considered in particular detail. The main parts of the collection are dedicated to the following three questions: What are the …
Twenty-First Century Biopolitics
Inbunden, 2015
419 kr
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What are phenomena of contemporary biopolitics in the twenty-first century? Foucault’s theory of biopolitics as neoliberalism is opposed to post-political theories developed by Agamben, Hardt and Negri and as such – more instructive. Because microstrategy of power is not Foucault’s final word on …
From Humanism to Meta-, Post- and Transhumanism?
Av Irina Deretić, Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
Inbunden, 2015
978 kr
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The relationship between humanism, metahumanism, posthumanism and transhumanism is one of the most pressing topics concerning many current cultural, social, political, ethical and individual challenges. There have been a great number of uses of the various terms in history. Meta-, post- and …
Humans and Automata
A Social Study of Robotics
Inbunden, 2015
623 kr
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The book takes a close look at the social dimensions of robotics. It examines some of the projects on which robotic engineers are presently working, explores the dreams and hopes connected with these undertakings and determines if there is a relation between automation and unemployment within the …
Production of Subjectivity in «The Diamond Age» by Neal Stephenson
Av Sarah Jonckheere, Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
Inbunden, 2017
480 kr
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The book brings to light Neal Stephenson’s answer to the technologically induced crisis in identity. The author of this book analyses the ethnocultural, technological, and ideological skeins that make up the biopolitical production of the self. The coming-of-age novel «The Diamond Age» reflects the …
Philosophical Futures
Av Stephen Clark, Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
Inbunden, 2011
575 kr
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Philosophical speculation and science fiction are united in this: what is now obvious is most likely to be false, or at best a transient mode of being. In exploring future possibilities, the author introduces science fiction writers and contemporary philosophers alike to the riches of their twin …
Building Better Humans?
Refocusing the Debate on Transhumanism
Av Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Kenneth L. Mossman
Inbunden, 2012
877 kr
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This is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, inter-religious, and critical engagement with transhumanism as a cultural phenomenon, an ideology, and a philosophy. Situating transhumanism in its proper historical context, the essays reflect on transhumanism from the perspectives of several …
