Humanism and its Discontents: The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783030670030,9783030670047,3030670031,303067004X

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 303067004X
• ISBN-13: 9783030670047
• Author: Paul Jorion

This book explains that while posthumanism rose in opposition to the biblical contention that ‘Man was created in the image of God’, transhumanism ascertained the complementary view that ‘Man has been assigned dominion over all creatures’, further exploring a path that had been opened up by the Enlightenment’s notion of human perfectibility. It explains also how posthumanism and transhumanism relate to deconstruction theory, and on a broader level to capitalism, libertarianism, and the fight against human extinction which may involve trespassing the boundary of the skin, achieving individual immortality or dematerialization of the Self and colonisation of distant planets and stars. Two authors debate about truth and reason in today’s world, the notion of personhood and the legacy of the Nietzschean Superhuman in the current varieties of anti-humanism.

Table contents:

Introduction: Humanism and Its Discontents—The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism

Part I. Humanism on the Wane

Strong Artificial Intelligence and Theological Anthropology: One Problem, Two Solutions

Part II. Complement and Supplements

On Prosthetic Existence: What Differentiates Deconstruction from Transhumanism and Posthumanism

Part III. Boundaries and Frontiers

Discourse Between Stefan Lorenz Sorgner and Paul Jorion on Nietzsche, Fascism and Moving Beyond Humanism: From Friedrich Nietzsche to Stefan Sorgner—The Short Path Leading from Superhumanism to Metahumanism

Dignity, Personhood, and the Sacred

Truth? Still Breathing!

Enlightenment, Truths, and the Sciences

When Skin and Technology Intertwine

Part IV. The Enlightenment Recovered

On Max More’s Extropianism

Transhumanism and Advanced Capitalism: Elitist Logics and Dangerous Implications

Part V. The Cunning of Reason

Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Superhumanism and Metahumanism from an Adaptive Standpoint

Ethics and Complexity: Why Standard Ethical Frameworks Cannot Cope with Socio-Technological Change

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