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Perfecting Human Futures


Perfecting Human Futures

Transhuman Visions and Technological Imaginations
Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society

von: J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson

74,89 €

Verlag: VS Verlag
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 22.02.2016
ISBN/EAN: 9783658110444
Sprache: englisch

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Humans have always imagined better futures. From the desire to overcome death to the aspiration to dominion over the world, imaginations of the technological future reveal the commitments, values, and norms of those who construct them.  Today, the human future is thrown into question by emerging technologies that promise radical control over human life and elicit corollary imaginations of human perfectibility. This interdisciplinary volume assembles scholars of science and technology studies, sociology, philosophy, theology, ethics, and history to examine imaginations of technological progress that promises to transcend the constraints of human body and being. Attending in particular to transhumanist and posthumanist visions, the volume breaks new ground by exploring their utopian and eschatological dimensions and situating them within a broader context of ideas, institutions, and practices of innovation. The volume invites specialists and general readers to explore the stakes of contemporary imaginations of technological innovation as a source of progress, a force of social and historical transformation, and as the defining essence of human life.
Technological Imaginations.- Ethics and Politics of Envisioned Futures.-The Transhumanist Imagination in Context.
<p><b>J. Benjamin Hurlbut</b> is Assistant Professor of Bioscience Ethics in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University.<br></p><p><b>Hava Tirosh-Samuelson&nbsp;</b>is Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism and Director of the Center of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.&nbsp;<br></p>
<p>Humans have always imagined better futures. From the desire to overcome death to the aspiration to dominion over the world, imaginations of the technological future reveal the commitments, values, and norms of those who construct them.&nbsp;Today, the human future is thrown&nbsp;into question by emerging technologies that promise radical control over human life and elicit corollary imaginations of human perfectibility. This interdisciplinary volume&nbsp;assembles&nbsp;scholars of science and technology studies, sociology,&nbsp;philosophy, theology, ethics,&nbsp;and history to&nbsp;examine imaginations of technological progress that promises to transcend the constraints of human body and being. Attending in particular to transhumanist and posthumanist visions, the volume breaks new ground by exploring their utopian and eschatological dimensions and situating them within a broader context of ideas, institutions, and practices of innovation. The volume invites&nbsp;specialists and general readers to explore the stakes of contemporary imaginations of technological innovation as a source of progress, a force of social and historical transformation, and as the defining essence of human life.&nbsp; </p> <p></p>&nbsp;<p></p> <p><b>Contents<br></b>Technological Imaginations.- Ethics and Politics of Envisioned Futures.- The Transhumanist Imagination in Context.&nbsp;<br></p> <p><b>Target Groups<br></b></p>Scholars and students in science and technology studies, philosophy, utopian studies, science and religion&nbsp;<br><b></b><p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>The Editors</b></p> <p><b>Hava Tirosh-Samuelson&nbsp;</b>is Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism and Director of the Center of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.&nbsp;</p><p></p> <p><b>J. Benjamin Hurlbut</b> is Assistant Professor of Bioscience Ethics in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University.</p>
The Future of Human Body Human Enhancement: New Developments in Science and Technology Introduction and Survey Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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