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The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies. Implications for Geopolitics, Human Enhancement and Human Destiny.
Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan
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Paperback. Examines key trends in emerging strategic technologies and the implications for geopolitics and human dignity. Al-Rodhan argues that future evolution into transhumans is inevitable. In preparation, the global community is urged to establish strict moral and legal guidelines balancing innovation with the guarantee of dignity for all. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA; PSAJ; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Examines key trends in emerging strategic technologies and the implications for geopolitics and human dignity. Al-Rodhan argues that future evolution into transhumans is inevitable. In preparation, the global community is urged to establish strict moral and legal guidelines balancing innovation with the guarantee of dignity for all.
Examines key trends in emerging strategic technologies and the implications for geopolitics and human dignity. Al-Rodhan argues that future evolution into transhumans is inevitable. In preparation, the global community is urged to establish strict moral and legal guidelines balancing innovation with the guarantee of dignity for all.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Series
St Antony's Series
Number of Pages
339
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349331642
SKU
V9781349331642
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99-15
About Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan
Dr. Nayef R.F.Al-Rodhan is Senior Member of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK, and Senior Fellow and Director of the Centre for the Geopolitics of Globalisation and Transnational Security at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland. He is a philosopher, neuroscientist and geostrategist. A prize-winning scholar, he has published twenty one books proposing many innovative concepts and theories ... Read more
Reviews for The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies. Implications for Geopolitics, Human Enhancement and Human Destiny.
'This is a fascinating account of the interplay of new technologies and national power. It goes beyond mechanistic estimates to explore social and political consequences of a world reshaped by technological change. The discussion of human enhancement through drugs or genetic manipulation is engrossing and raises new and difficult problems, both political and ethical, for what will soon be a ... Read more