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Posthumanism : the future of homo sapiens / Michael Bess and Diana Walsh Pasulka, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Macmillan interdisciplinary handbooks
- Gale virtual reference library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophical anthropology.
- Human beings.
- Humanism.
- Human body--Technological innovations.
- Human body.
- Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 480 pages) : illustrations (some color), map.
- Place of Publication:
- Farmington Hills, Michigan : Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2018]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This book provides an introduction to scholarly perspectives on emergent technologies and biotechnologies used to modify or augment the capabilities of human beings. It covers the fundamental aspects of how bioenhancement will become feasible, what shape these technologies are likely to take, and what sorts of concrete consequences they will have for peoples lives.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. How to think about science, technology, and the future?
- pt. 2. Science and technology
- pt. 3. Religious responses and new religiosities
- pt. 4. Moral debates
- pt. 5. Societal implications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Posthumanism.
- ISBN:
- 9780028664484
- OCLC:
- 1017608916
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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