Transhumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science - Brossura

Libro 123 di 207: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

Frodeman, Robert

 
9781032092263: Transhumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science
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ISBN 10: 1032092262 ISBN 13: 9781032092263
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2021

Sinossi

This book offers a social, political, and aesthetic critique of transhumanism and of the accelerating growth of scientific knowledge generally. Rather than improving our lives, science and technology today increasingly leave us debilitated and infantilized. It is time to restrain the runaway ambitions of technoscientific knowledge.

The transhumanist goal of human enhancement encapsulates a range of dangerous social pathologies. Like transhumanism itself, these pathologies are rooted in, or in reaction to, the ethos of ‘more’. It’s a cultural love affair with excess, which is prompted by the libertarian standards of our cultural productions. But the attempt to live at the speed of an electron is destined for failure.

In response, the author offers a naturalistic account of human flourishing where we attend to the natural rhythms of life. The interdisciplinary orientation of Transhumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science makes it relevant to scholars and students across a wide range of disciplines, including social and political philosophy, philosophy of technology, science and technology studies, environmental studies, and public policy.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Robert Frodeman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Texas. He is the author and/or editor of 16 books, including the Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity, Sustainable Knowledge: A Theory of Interdisciplinarity, and Socrates Tenured: The Institutions of 21st Century Philosophy (with Adam Briggle).

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1032092262
ISBN 13 
9781032092263
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
176
Contatto del produttore
Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
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Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24
München
80331
Germania

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9780367189396: Transhumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science

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ISBN 10:  0367189399 ISBN 13:  9780367189396
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019
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