This volume analyzes the theoretical underpinnings of the academic transhumanism movement, beginning with the relationship between anthropology and technique. The author focuses on the question of immortality, which can be considered the core of transhumanism. The true depth of immortality will be discussed, through which and how many transformations could be produced in order to change our society, which is basically shaped by and for human mortal beings, in a society composed by immortal persons. Some writers have written about what a future populated with immortals might look like, which is far removed from both the bright future painted by transhumanists and from the disappearance of humanity feared by bioconservatives.
Author(s): Francesco Paolo Adorno
Edition: 1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 237
Tags: Sociology: General; Sociology Of The Body; Philosophy Of Science; Anthropology
Contents
1 Introduction
2 The Transhumanist Movement
2.1 The Word
2.2 The People
2.3 The Organisations
2.4 Declarations
2.5 The Definitions of Transhumanism
References
3 Transhumanism Between Humanism and the Posthuman
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Humanism
3.3 The Theories of the Posthuman
3.4 Is Transhumanism a Form of the Posthuman?
3.5 Is Transhumanism a Form of Humanism?
References
4 Theory and Practice of Transhumanism
4.1 Enhancement
4.2 The Aims of Enhancement
4.3 What Needs to Be Enhanced?
4.4 Body Enhancement
4.5 Cognitive Enhancement
4.6 Moral Enhancement
4.7 The Search for Immortality
References
5 Problems of Transhumanism
5.1 Criticism of Enhancement
5.2 Therapy vs Enhancement
5.3 Medicine and Transhumanism
5.4 The Instrumentalisation of the Body
5.5 An Anthropology of Disability
5.6 Becoming a Cyborg
5.7 Legitimacy of Becoming a Cyborg
5.8 The Morality of Technology
References
6 Transhumanism and Biopolitics
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Biopolitics and Transhumanism
6.3 Biopolitics as Life Economics
6.4 The Economics, Morality and Politics of Enhancement
6.5 Wellbeing Between Medicine and Politics
6.6 Enhancing to Manage and Govern
References
Bibliography
