UID:
almahu_9949383400602882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780429581267
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0429581262
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9780429199363
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0429199368
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9780429579042
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0429579047
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9780429583162
,
0429583168
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Content:
This book offers a social, political, and aesthetic critique of transhumanism and of the accelerating growth of scientific knowledge generally. Rather than improving our lives, science and technology today increasingly leave us debilitated and infantilized. It is time to restrain the runaway ambitions of technoscientific knowledge. The transhumanist goal of human enhancement encapsulates a range of dangerous social pathologies. Like transhumanism itself, these pathologies are rooted in, or in reaction to, the ethos of "more". It⁰́₉s a cultural love affair with excess, which is prompted by the libertarian standards of our cultural productions. But the attempt to live at the speed of an electron is destined for failure. In response, the author offers a naturalistic account of human flourishing where we attend to the natural rhythms of life. The interdisciplinary orientation of Transhumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science makes it relevant to scholars and students across a wide range of disciplines, including social and political philosophy, philosophy of technology, science and technology studies, environmental studies, and public policy.
Note:
The bones of the argument -- The tools of our tools -- Beyond the human condition -- Life in the transition -- Excursus I: the practice of philosophy in the 21st century -- Aging boys will be the death of us -- Science as Pharmakon -- Excursus II: philosophy, rhetoric, policy -- The metaphysics of transhumanism -- Contemplating a medium sized catastrophe -- The consolation of geology.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Transhumanism and nature New York : Taylor & Francis, 2019. ISBN 9780367189396 (hardback)
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429199363
