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Dying in a transhumanist and posthuman society / Panagiotis Pentaris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pentaris, Panagiotis, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death--Social aspects.
- Death.
- Transhumanism.
- Posthumanism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Panagiotis Pentaris is an Associate Professor of Social Work and Thanatology in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Greenwich, London, England, UK. He is also a member of the Institute for Lifecourse Development, an internationally recognised Institute focusing on interdisciplinary research across the lifespan at the same university. He is a council member for the Association for the Study of Death and Society, and over the last ten years he has researched and published on death, dying, bereavement, culture and religion, social work, social policy and LGBTQIA+ issues.
- Contents:
- Transhumanism and the posthuman being
- Biomedicine and death
- Transhumanism in the social context
- An unsettled future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 21, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pentaris, Panagiotis. Dying in a transhumanist and posthuman society
- ISBN:
- 9781003088257
- 1003088252
- 9781000479478
- 1000479471
- 9781000479560
- 1000479560
- Publisher Number:
- 40030873132
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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