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Perfecting Human Futures
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Description for Perfecting Human Futures
Paperback. Editor(s): Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava; Hurlbut, J. Benjamin. Series: Technikzukunfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society. Num Pages: 380 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Humans have always imagined better futures. From the desire to overcome death to the aspiration to dominion over the world, imaginations of the technological future reveal the commitments, values, and norms of those who construct them. Today, the human future is thrown into question by emerging technologies that promise radical control over human life and elicit corollary imaginations of human perfectibility. This interdisciplinary volume assembles scholars of science and technology studies, sociology, philosophy, theology, ethics, and history to examine imaginations of technological progress that promises to transcend the constraints of human body and being. Attending in particular to transhumanist and posthumanist visions, the volume breaks new ... Read more
Humans have always imagined better futures. From the desire to overcome death to the aspiration to dominion over the world, imaginations of the technological future reveal the commitments, values, and norms of those who construct them. Today, the human future is thrown into question by emerging technologies that promise radical control over human life and elicit corollary imaginations of human perfectibility. This interdisciplinary volume assembles scholars of science and technology studies, sociology, philosophy, theology, ethics, and history to examine imaginations of technological progress that promises to transcend the constraints of human body and being. Attending in particular to transhumanist and posthumanist visions, the volume breaks new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Technikzukunfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783658110437
SKU
V9783658110437
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J. Benjamin Hurlbut is Assistant Professor of Bioscience Ethics in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism and Director of the Center of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
Reviews for Perfecting Human Futures
“The central aim of this volume is to interrogate social visions that desire to overcome the limitations of human finitude through technological advancement. … this volume is a valuable resource for specialists and general readers to explore the stakes of imagined technological futures as a source of social, technological, and human transformation and is effective in stimulating further reading on ... Read more