Humanism and Its Discontents: The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism by Jorion, Paul
Humanism and Its Discontents: The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism by Jorion, Paul

Humanism and Its Discontents: The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism

This book explains that while posthumanism rose in opposition to the biblical contention that 'Man was created...
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Author: Paul Jorion
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Humanism and Its Discontents: The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism by Jorion, Paul

Humanism and Its Discontents: The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism

$2,386.15
Humanism and Its Discontents: The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism by Jorion, Paul

Humanism and Its Discontents: The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism

$2,386.15
Author: Paul Jorion
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

This book explains that while posthumanism rose in opposition to the biblical contention that 'Man was created in the image of God', transhumanism ascertained the complementary view that 'Man has been assigned dominion over all creatures', further exploring a path that had been opened up by the Enlightenment's notion of human perfectibility.

It explains also how posthumanism and transhumanism relate to deconstruction theory, and on a broader level to capitalism, libertarianism, and the fight against human extinction which may involve trespassing the boundary of the skin, achieving individual immortality or dematerialization of the Self and colonisation of distant planets and stars.

Two authors debate about truth and reason in today's world, the notion of personhood and the legacy of the Nietzschean Superhuman in the current varieties of anti-humanism.



Author: Paul Jorion
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/14/2023
Pages: 225
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9783030670061

About the Author

Paul Jorion, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at the Université Catholique de Lille, France. He trained as an anthropologist, sociologist and psychoanalyst. He taught at Cambridge University, UK, was a UCI Regents Lecturer and a member of the UCLA, USA, Human Complex Systems. He played a pioneering role in AI (British Telecom's Connex project) and in developing financial algorithms.


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