9783631635131: Building Better Humans?: Refocusing the Debate on Transhumanism
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ISBN 10 : 3631635133 ISBN 13 : 9783631635131
Editeur : Peter Lang AG, 2012

Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, inter-religious, and critical engagement with transhumanism as a cultural phenomenon, an ideology, and a philosophy. Situating transhumanism in its proper historical context, the essays reflect on transhumanism from the perspectives of several world religions, ponder the feasibility of regulating human enhancement, tease out the philosophical implications of transhumanism, explore the interplay between technology and culture, and expose the scientific limits of transhumanism. Written by scholars of religious studies, philosophy, history, psychology, neuroscience, immunology, engineering, science/technology studies, and law, the volume encourages readers to examine transhumanism seriously and critically because of its ramifications for the future of humanity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Professor of History, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, and Director of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University. Kenneth L. Mossman is Professor of Health Physics at Arizona State University and administrative judge of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Éditeur
Peter Lang AG
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3631635133
ISBN 13 
9783631635131
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
520
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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