Building Better Humans?: Refocusing the Debate on Transhumanism: 3 (Beyond Humanism: Trans- and Posthumanism / Jenseits DES Humanismus: Trans- Und Posthumanismus) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3631635133 ISBN 13: 9783631635131

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 2012

Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, inter-religious, and critical engagement with transhumanism as a cultural phenomenon, an ideology, and a philosophy. Situating transhumanism in its proper historical context, the essays reflect on transhumanism from the perspectives of several world religions, ponder the feasibility of regulating human enhancement, tease out the philosophical implications of transhumanism, explore the interplay between technology and culture, and expose the scientific limits of transhumanism. Written by scholars of religious studies, philosophy, history, psychology, neuroscience, immunology, engineering, science/technology studies, and law, the volume encourages readers to examine transhumanism seriously and critically because of its ramifications for the future of humanity.

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About the Author

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Professor of History, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, and Director of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University.
Kenneth L. Mossman is Professor of Health Physics at Arizona State University and administrative judge of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631635133
• ISBN 13: 9783631635131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: Tirosh-Samuelson Hava, Mossman Kenneth L.