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

Editat de J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mar 2016
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783658110437
ISBN-10: 3658110430
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: VIII, 380 p. 1 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2016
Editura: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Colecția Springer VS
Seria Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society

Locul publicării:Wiesbaden, Germany

Public țintă

Research

Cuprins

Technological Imaginations.- Ethics and Politics of Envisioned Futures.-The Transhumanist Imagination in Context.

Recenzii

“The central aim of this volume is to interrogate social visions that desire to overcome the limitations of human finitude through technological advancement. … this volume is a valuable resource for specialists and general readers to explore the stakes of imagined technological futures as a source of social, technological, and human transformation and is effective in stimulating further reading on the topic. I would not hesitate in recommending Perfecting Human Futures to my colleagues … .” (Michael G. Sherbert, Nanoethics, Vol. 10, 2016)

Notă biografică

J. Benjamin Hurlbut is Assistant Professor of Bioscience Ethics in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University.

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism and Director of the Center of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. 


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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. 
 Contents
Technological Imaginations.- Ethics and Politics of Envisioned Futures.- The Transhumanist Imagination in Context. 

Target Groups

Scholars and students in science and technology studies, philosophy, utopian studies, science and religion 
 
The Editors
Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism and Director of the Center of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. 
J. Benjamin Hurlbut is Assistant Professor of Bioscience Ethics in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University.

Caracteristici

The Future of Human Body Human Enhancement: New Developments in Science and Technology Introduction and Survey Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras