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In: Emerald Points Ser.
Transhumanism is an international movement which anticipates humans developing posthuman capacities in the near future.This work provides an introduction to transhumanism and the ethical and philosophical issues raised by radical human enhancement. The book investigates these questions in a way that is timely and accessible to the non-specialist.
In: Beyond humanism 3
"Transhumanists urge us to pursue the biotechnological heightening of select capacities, above all, cognitive ability, so far beyond any human ceiling that the beings with those capacities would exist on a higher ontological plane. Because transhumanists tout humanity's self-transcendence via science and technology, and suggest that bioenhancement may be morally required, the human stakes of how we respond to transhumanism are unprecedented and immense. In Posthuman Bliss? The Failed Promise of Transhumanism, Susan B. Levin challenges transhumanists' overarching commitments regarding the mind, brain, ethics, liberal democracy, knowledge, and reality in a more thoroughgoing and integrated way than has occurred thus far. Her critique shows transhumanists' notion of humanity's self-transcendence into "posthumanity" to be pure, albeit seductive, fantasy. Levin's philosophical conclusions would stand even if, as transhumanists proclaim, science and technology supported their vision of posthumanity. They offer breezy assurances that posthumans will emerge if we but allocate sufficient resources to that end. Yet, far from offering theoretical and practical "proof of concept" for the vision that they urge upon us, transhumanists engage inadequately with cognitive psychology, biology, and neuroscience, often relying on questionable or outdated views within those fields. Having shown in depth why transhumanism should be rejected, Levin defends a holistic perspective on living well that is rooted in Aristotle's virtue ethics but adapted to liberal democracy. This holism is thoroughly human, in the best of senses. We must jettison transhumanists' fantasy, both because their arguments fail and because transhumanism fails to do us justice"--
"Transhuman, or trans-human, is the concept of an intermediary form between human and posthuman. In other words, a transhuman is a being that resembles a human in most respects but who has powers and abilities beyond those of standard humans. These abilities might include improved intelligence, awareness, strength, or durability. Transhumans sometimes appear in science-fiction as cyborgs or genetically-enhanced humans. This book will look into the question "Can machines think?" followed by "Can humans extend their lifespan and keep up with machines?" In other words, do we (humans) have to modify ourselves to be bionic humans, to co-exist and make the most of machines in future?"--
In: Palgrave studies in the future of humanity and its successors
"This volume offers an insight into a selection of current issues of embodiment and other related aspects, such as identity, gender, disability, or sexuality, discussed on the basis of examples from contemporary culture and social life. Inspired by Donna Haraway's concept of the cyborg as a transgressor of boundaries, the book examines fluidity of post-human bodies - from cyber relations to others and to self, enabled by the latest technologies, through fragmented, prostheticised, monstrous or augmented body of popular culture and lifestyles, to the dis/utopian fantasies offered by literary texts - showing how difficult it still is in current culture to let go of the stable boundaries towards the post-gender world Haraway imagines. Contributors are Dawn Wooley, Anna Pilinska, Barbara Braid, Jana Reynolds, Julio Ernesto Guerrero Mondaca, Ana Gabriela Magallanes Rodriguez, Katharina Vester, Wojciech Smieja and Hanan Muzaffar." -- Backside cover
An inner transhumanism: modernism and cognitive evolution -- Astounding transhumanism!: evolutionary supermen and the golden age of science fiction -- Toward omega: hedonism, suffering, and the evolutionary vanguard -- Transhuman aesthetics: the new, the lived, and the cute -- Acceleration and evolutionary futurist utopian practice
In: Theory in the new humanities
"The notion of the posthuman continues to both intrigue and confuse, not least because of the huge number of ideas, theories and figures associated with this term. More Posthuman Glossary provides a way in to the dizzying array of posthuman concepts, providing vivid accounts of emerging terms. It is much more than a series of definitions, however, in that it seeks to imagine and predict what new terms might come into being as this exciting field continues to expand. A follow-up volume to the brilliant interventions of Posthuman Glossary (2018), this book extends and elaborates on that work, particularly focusing on concepts of race, indigeneity and new ideas in radical ecology. It also includes new and emerging voices within the new humanities and multiple modes of communicating ideas. This is an indispensible glossary for those who are exploring what the non-human, inhuman and posthuman might mean in the 21st century"--
In: Beyond Humanism: Trans- and Posthumanism 8
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 transhumanism have in common that they reject the categorically dualist understanding of human beings inherent in humanism. The essays in this volume consider the relevant historical discourses, important contemporary philosophical reflections and artistic perspectives on this subject-matter. The goal is to obtain a multifaceted survey of the concepts, the relationship of the various concepts and their advantages as well as their disadvantages. Leading scholars of many different traditions, countries and disciplines have contributed to this collection
In: Theology East - West volume 27
In: Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft
In: MyiLibrary
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction: Technology, Utopianism and Eschatology -- Imagined Technological Futures -- Transitional and Transhumanist Visions -- Part I: Technological Imaginations -- Part II: Ethics and Politics of Envisioned Futures -- Part III: Trans/posthumanism in Context -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I Technological Imaginations -- 1 What Does the Debate on (Post)human Futures Tell Us? Methodology of Hermeneutical Analysis and Vision Assessment -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 The Debate on (Post)human Futures in the Light of the TA Experience -- 2.1 The Need for Orientation in the Field of Human Enhancement -- 2.2 Impact orientation of technology assessment -- 2.3 The Debate on (Post)human Futures-beyond the Scope of TA -- 3 Visionary Futures as Social Constructs -- 4 Toward Hermeneutical Futures Analysis -- 5 What Does the Debate on Posthuman Futures Tell Us? -- References -- 2 Manifestations of the Posthuman in the Postsecular Imagination -- Have We Ever Been Human? -- The Posthuman Condition, or Being Human Has Never Come Naturally -- Have We Ever Been Modern? -- The Crossed-Out God: The Paradoxes of Postsecular Society -- Have We Ever Been Secular? -- Posthumanism, Transcendence, and the Sacred -- Postsecular Posthumanisms -- Conclusion: Human, Nonhuman, and More-Than-Human -- References -- 3 Perfecting the Human: Posthuman Imaginaries and Technologies of Reason -- Imaginaries of High-Modernism -- Fractures in the Frame of Development -- Theorizing Posthumanism -- Postmodern Posthumanism -- References -- 4 Heidegger on Techno-Posthumanism Revolt against Finitude, or Doing What Comes "Naturally"? -- Transcendent Man, a Film -- Heidegger on Techno-Posthumanism -- Preparing the Humans Needed to Take Command of the Planet.