Posthuman : consciousness and pathic engagement / edited by Mauro Maldonato and Paolo Augusto Masullo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maldonato, Mauro, editor.

Masullo, Paolo Augusto, 1956- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanism--History--21st century.

Humanism.

Humanism--Forecasting.

Philosophical anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Brighton, [England] ; Portland, [Oregon] ; Toronto, [Ontario] : Sussex Academic Press, 2017.

Summary:

Emerging at the margins of science fiction the concept of posthuman has become the most potent and pervasive movement of contemporary culture. From science to ethics, from philosophy to art, from politics to communication, posthuman studies transcend analytical-conceptual categories of traditional disciplines. This new anthropology, open to a hetero-referential alterity (bio-techno-IT), requires, on the pathic level, new forms of adaptation and integration. The emancipation of the idea of a presumed human essence brings possibilities as well as risks. This book sets out to show how, beyond epistemological asymmetries and different forms of language, reflection on the posthuman in terms of the complex questions of our time imposes a biotechnopoiesis on multiple levels: from redefining our relationship with the planetary environment to questioning the dimensions of our historical condition. The study thereof revolves around sensorial, perceptual and emotional activity in terms of cognition and neurophysiology. Consciousness is to be regarded not as a workspace demarcated by the brain, but as a unitas multiplex that emerges from co-operation between brain and body. The posthuman defines a new model of existence and leaves an emerging anthropological identity open to dialogue with eteroreferential (otherness) in bio-techno-informatics. This requires the development of a commensurate adequacy of emotions and affections (the pathic). Man and woman are thus called to care for the posthuman: their passion for the new status of nomadic subjectivity will bring with it the ability to engage biotechnopoiesis in multiple ways to the greater good of mankind.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction Mauro Maldonato and Paolo Augusto Masullo

1 Robots as Post-humans: Some Issues about Artificial Life Santo F. Di Nuovo and Daniela Conti

2 Transsexualism as an Icon of Posthumanism: A Sartrean Critical Reconsideration Roberto Vitelli

3 Artificial Intelligence and Human Decision Making Silvia Dell'Orco, Mauro Maldonato, Raffaele Sperandeo, Roberta Barni, Ludovica Tremante

4 On the Relationship between Decision Making and Basal Ganglia: A Computational Perspective Radwa Khalil

5 The Consciousness of the Inorganic Paolo Valerio and Mauro Maldonato

6 The Acceptability of the Artificial: The Attitude toward Post-human Daniela Conti, Alessandro Di Nuovo, Santo F. Di Nuovo

7 The Force of the Affections: The Becoming-body, the Becoming-free Rosella Corda

8 The Pathosophie of the Posthuman Paolo Augusto Masullo

9 The Stratification of Empathic Experience Anna Donise

10 Unowned: First Notes for a Desubjectivised Aesthetics Dario Giugliano

11 Posthuman Pathicity: The Neoenvironment Agostino Cera

12 Emotive Bond With Machines (or Through Machines) Paolo Gallina

The Editors and Contributors

Subject Index

About Sussex Academic Press.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78284-474-0