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Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension
Inbunden, 2009
1095 kr
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If the science of 'radical life extension' is realized and the technology becomes widely available, it would arguably have a more radical impact on humanity than any other development in history. This book is the first concerted effort to explore implications of radical life extension from the …
Transhumanism and the Body
The World Religions Speak
Inbunden, 2014
551 kr
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This collection of original articles, a sequel of sorts to the 2009 Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave Macmillan), is the first sustained reflection, by scholars with expertise in the faith traditions, on how the transhumanist agenda might impact the body.
Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension
Häftad, 2014
1095 kr
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If the science of 'radical life extension' is realized and the technology becomes widely available, it would arguably have a more radical impact on humanity than any other development in history. This book is the first concerted effort to explore implications of radical life extension from the …
Ecology, Ethics, and the Future of Humanity
Av Adam Riggio
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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A book that combines moral and political philosophy with traditions of activism and literature in a background of scientific knowledge and interpretation to build a comprehensive picture of an ecological humanity.
Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension
Häftad, 2009
1164 kr
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If the science of 'radical life extension' is realized and the technology becomes widely available, it would arguably have a more radical impact on humanity than any other development in history. This book is the first concerted effort to explore implications of radical life extension from the …
Transhumanism and the Body
The World Religions Speak
Häftad, 2014
551 kr
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This collection of original articles, a sequel of sorts to the 2009 Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave Macmillan), is the first sustained reflection, by scholars with expertise in the faith traditions, on how the transhumanist agenda might impact the body.
Christian Perspectives on Transhumanism and the Church
Chips in the Brain, Immortality, and the World of Tomorrow
Av Steve Donaldson, Ron Cole-Turner
Häftad, 2019
1639 kr
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Christians have always been concerned with enhancement—now they are faced with significant questions about how technology can help or harm genuine spiritual transformation. What makes traditional and technological enhancement different from each other? Are there theological insights and spiritual …
Muslim and Supermuslim
The Quest for the Perfect Being and Beyond
Av Roy Jackson
Inbunden, 2020
1021 kr
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This book looks to the rich and varied Islamic tradition for insights into what it means to be human and, by implication, what this can tell us about the future human. The transhumanist movement, in its more radical expression, sees Homo sapiens as the cousin, perhaps the poorer cousin, of a new …
Muslim and Supermuslim
The Quest for the Perfect Being and Beyond
Av Roy Jackson
Häftad, 2021
1021 kr
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This book looks to the rich and varied Islamic tradition for insights into what it means to be human and, by implication, what this can tell us about the future human. The transhumanist movement, in its more radical expression, sees Homo sapiens as the cousin, perhaps the poorer cousin, of a new …
Transhumanism as a New Social Movement
The Techno-Centred Imagination
Inbunden, 2020
878 kr
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This book explores Technological Human Enhancement Advocacy through ethnographically inspired participant observation across a range of sites. James Michael MacFarlane argues that such advocacy is characterized by ‘Techno-centrism,' a belief grounded in today’s world while being also …
Transhumanism as a New Social Movement
The Techno-Centred Imagination
Häftad, 2021
878 kr
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This book explores Technological Human Enhancement Advocacy through ethnographically inspired participant observation across a range of sites. James Michael MacFarlane argues that such advocacy is characterized by ‘Techno-centrism,' a belief grounded in today’s world while being also …
Thinking Through Climate Change
A Philosophy of Energy in the Anthropocene
Av Adam Briggle
Häftad, 2020
356 kr
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In this creative exploration of climate change and the big questions confronting our high-energy civilization, Adam Briggle connects the history of philosophy with current events to shed light on the Anthropocene (the age of humanity). Briggle offers a framework to help us understand the many …
Are Cyborgs Persons?
An Account of Futurist Ethics
Av Aleksandra Łukaszewicz Alcaraz
Inbunden, 2020
1204 kr
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This book presents argumentation for an evolutionary continuity between human persons and cyborg persons, based on the thought of Joseph Margolis. Relying on concepts of cultural realism and post-Darwinism, Aleksandra Łukaszewicz Alcaraz redefines the notion of the person, rather than a human, and …
Are Cyborgs Persons?
An Account of Futurist Ethics
Av Aleksandra Łukaszewicz Alcaraz
Häftad, 2021
1204 kr
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This book presents argumentation for an evolutionary continuity between human persons and cyborg persons, based on the thought of Joseph Margolis. Relying on concepts of cultural realism and post-Darwinism, Aleksandra Łukaszewicz Alcaraz redefines the notion of the person, rather than a human, and …
Creation and Inheritance of Digital Afterlives
You Only Live Twice
Inbunden, 2021
1095 kr
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This book explores how social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp ‘accidentally’ enable and nurture the creation of digital afterlives, and, importantly, the effect this digital inheritance has on the bereaved. Debra J. Bassett offers a holistic exploration of this …
Creation and Inheritance of Digital Afterlives
You Only Live Twice
Häftad, 2022
1095 kr
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This book explores how social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp ‘accidentally’ enable and nurture the creation of digital afterlives, and, importantly, the effect this digital inheritance has on the bereaved. Debra J. Bassett offers a holistic exploration of this …
Julian Huxley, Evolutionism and the History of Transhumanism
Av Ingrid Dunér
Inbunden, 2025
551 kr
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The evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley (1887–1975) attempted to promote a “religion for the future,” which he would come to refer to as Transhumanism. Transhumanism was an attempt to unite a more traditional humanistic view of the human as containing some form of core essence or potential with an …
Julian Huxley, Evolutionism and the History of Transhumanism
Av Ingrid Dunér
Häftad, 2026
442 kr
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The evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley (1887–1975) attempted to promote a “religion for the future,” which he would come to refer to as Transhumanism. Transhumanism was an attempt to unite a more traditional humanistic view of the human as containing some form of core essence or potential with an …
Posthumanism Meets Surveillance Capitalism
How to Delete the Manifest Image
Inbunden, 2025
497 kr
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The core contention of this book is that, when viewed through the lens of contemporary posthuman theory, contemporary uses of AI under platform capitalism not only undermine our sense of the “human” but also our frameworks for conceptualizing ourselves as “subjects” or “selves” at all. This radical …
Posthumanism Meets Surveillance Capitalism
How to Delete the Manifest Image
Häftad, 2026
497 kr
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The core contention of this book is that, when viewed through the lens of contemporary posthuman theory, contemporary uses of AI under platform capitalism not only undermine our sense of the “human” but also our frameworks for conceptualizing ourselves as “subjects” or “selves” at all. This radical …
Technologies of the Future Self
An Ethics for Transhuman Flourishing
Av Georg Theiner, Alcibiades Malapi-Nelson
Inbunden, 2026
1639 kr
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This volume is the first to articulate ethical foundations of transhumanism from perspectives focused on transhuman flourishing, as opposed to utilitarian or deontological approaches. Transhumanism is typically framed as a quest for “transcending biological limitations” and “unlocking human …
New Coordinates for Creative Hybrid Space-Experiences
Av Bogna J. Gladden-Obidzińska, Adrián Kvokačka m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
908 kr
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This open access book offers a multifaceted exploration of the concept of hybridity as it manifests across creative, technological, and spatial dimensions. Divided into three thematic sections, it provides a spectrum of critical analyses of hybrid environments in everyday life, architecture, art, …
Techno-Utopianism and Everyday Practice in Sweden
New Technologies for Untold Futures
Inbunden, 2027
1461 kr
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This book offers the first in-depth account of Swedish techno-utopianism and its everyday practices. Drawing on eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork, it follows transhumanists, biohackers, cryonicists, and adjacent communities who believe that emerging technologies can address humanity’s …
Nature of the Machine and the Collapse of Cybernetics
A Transhumanist Lesson for Emerging Technologies
Inbunden, 2017
1021 kr
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This book is a philosophical exploration of the theoretical causes behind the collapse of classical cybernetics, as well as the lesson that this episode can provide to current emergent technologies. Alcibiades Malapi-Nelson advances the idea that the cybernetic understanding of the nature of a …
Religion and Human Enhancement
Death, Values, and Morality
Av Tracy J. Trothen, Calvin Mercer
Inbunden, 2017
1857 kr
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This collection vigorously addresses the religious implications of extreme human enhancement technology. Topics covered include cutting edge themes, such as moral enhancement, common ground to both transhumanism and religion, the meaning of death, desire and transcendence, and virtue ethics. …
Nature of the Machine and the Collapse of Cybernetics
A Transhumanist Lesson for Emerging Technologies
Häftad, 2018
1021 kr
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This book is a philosophical exploration of the theoretical causes behind the collapse of classical cybernetics, as well as the lesson that this episode can provide to current emergent technologies. Alcibiades Malapi-Nelson advances the idea that the cybernetic understanding of the nature of a …
Religion and Human Enhancement
Death, Values, and Morality
Av Tracy J. Trothen, Calvin Mercer
Häftad, 2018
1857 kr
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This collection vigorously addresses the religious implications of extreme human enhancement technology. Topics covered include cutting edge themes, such as moral enhancement, common ground to both transhumanism and religion, the meaning of death, desire and transcendence, and virtue ethics. …
Christian Perspectives on Transhumanism and the Church
Chips in the Brain, Immortality, and the World of Tomorrow
Av Steve Donaldson, Ron Cole-Turner
Inbunden, 2018
1639 kr
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Christians have always been concerned with enhancement—now they are faced with significant questions about how technology can help or harm genuine spiritual transformation. What makes traditional and technological enhancement different from each other? Are there theological insights and spiritual …
