Posthumanism

Posthumanism

by Nayar, Pramod K.

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This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants. Nayar first maps the political and philosophical critiques of traditional humanism, revealing its exclusionary and 'speciesist' politics that position the human as a distinctive and dominant life form. He then contextualizes the posthumanist vision which, drawing upon biomedical, engineering and te…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Posthumanism / Pramod K. Nayar.

Summary

This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants. Nayar first maps the political and philosophical critiques of traditional humanism, revealing its exclusionary and 'speciesist' politics that position the human as a distinctive and dominant life form. He then contextualizes the posthumanist vision which, drawing upon biomedical, engineering and techno-scientific studies, concludes that human consciousness is shaped by its co-evolution with othe.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wiley
  • Place of Publication:somerset
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780745688572, 0745688578, 9780745662404, 0745662404, 9780745662411, 0745662412
  • oclc:on1229616869
  • LC Classification:BJ1360
  • Dewey Decimal:171.2

Table of Contents

Revisiting the human : critical humanisms -- Consciousness, biology and the necessity of alterity -- The body, reformatted -- Absolute monstrosities : the 'question of the animal' -- Life itself : the view from disability studies and bioethics -- Posthuman visions : toward companion species -- Conclusion: Posthumanism as species cosmopolitanism.

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Subjects

Aesthetics Humanism humanisme Humanistic ethics Literature and technology Littérature et technologie Morale humaniste Semiotics Technologie dans la littérature Technology in literature

Writers

Nayar, Pramod K.

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