Prometheus Unbound: The Perils and Promise of Transhumanism / Dan Corjescu, David Doat

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corjescu, Dan, Author.

Contributor:

Doat, David Dr, Author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophie.

Philosophy.

Post Humanism Movement.

Posthumanismus.

Trans Humanism Movement.

Transhumanismus.

Local Subjects:

Philosophie.

Philosophy.

Post Humanism Movement.

Posthumanismus.

Trans Humanism Movement.

Transhumanismus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2022

Biography/History:

Dan Corjescu is the son of Romanian refugees and was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He grew up in and around New York City and studied the humanities, languages, and the social sciences in various universities throughout the US and Europe. He is currently teaching Globalization, Conflict and Cooperation, Society and Technology, Environmental Ethics, and Introduction to Philosophy at the University of Tübingen's 'Studium Professionale' program.

David Doat is Maître de conférences chez Université catholique de Lille (Technologie, vulnérabilités, éthique)

Dan Corjescu is the son of Romanian refugees and was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He grew up in and around New York City and studied the humanities, languages, and the social sciences in various universities throughout the US and Europe. He is currently teaching Globalization, Conflict and Cooperation, Society and Technology, Environmental Ethics, and Introduction to Philosophy at the University of Tübingen's "Studium Professionale" program.

Summary:

This book engages critically with some of the major assumptions of prominent Transhumanists such as Nick Bostrom of Oxford University and Stefan Sorgner of John Cabot University at Rome. More broadly, questions concerning the complex relationships between society, technology, and ethics are widely explored. Important thinkers such as St. Augustine, Nietzsche, Bertrand Russell, and C. S. Lewis are enlisted to highlight and support the main arguments presented by the author. The book aims at a general readership interested in the current claims and possible outcomes of the Transhumanist and Posthumanist movement. It strikes a cautionary note about humanity's reliance on emerging technologies, particularly their potential to enhance and, eventually transform, human life span, cognition, and emotion.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword/Préface

Introduction: First Thoughts

Chapter One Transhumanism: Renaissance Humanism 2.0?

Chapter Two Transhumanism: Enfant Terrible of the Enlightenment?

Chapter Three Transhumanism: A Romantic Movement?

Chapter Four Nietzsche Transhumanist?

Chapter Five Futurism: The Modern Birth of the Man-Machine

Chapter Six Transhumanism, Eugenics, and the New Man

Chapter Seven Transhumanism, Globality, and the Terrorism of Technology

Chapter Eight Love and Sex in the Age of the Posthuman

Chapter Nine Immortality What is it Good For?

Chapter Ten Posthumanism and The Meaning of Life

Chapter Eleven The Perils and Promise of the Posthuman

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Corjescu, Dan Prometheus Unbound: The Perils and Promise of Transhumanism

ISBN:

9783838276984

3838276981

OCLC:

1334104651

Publisher Number:

9783838276984