Crafting Humans

Language: English

Published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013

3847100599 / 9783847100591

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Zustandsbeschreibung: leichte Lagerspuren, untere Kanten bestoßen, Mängelexemplarstempel auf Fußschnitt/unused, minor shelfwear, somewhat bumped, remainder mark stamp on edge. From Genesis to Eugenics and Beyond. Edited by Marius Turda. Understanding the human - a form of moral and religious introspection and historical responsibility and a quest for scientific knowledge and adaptability to technological progress: "Crafting humans" - and its corollary human enhancement - is a contested topic, both in medical sciences and the humanities. With continuing advances in science and technology, scientists and the general public alike are aware that the basic foundations of the human condition are now at stake. This volume contributes to this growing body of work. It offers insights into some of the reflections and imaginaries that have inspired and legitimated both theoretical and practical programmes for ?crafting? humans, ranging from the religious/spiritualist and the philosophical/cultural to the secular and the scientific/scientistic; from the religious and mystical quest for human perfection to the biopolitical eugenic state of the twentieth century, and current theories of human enhancement. This volume discusses these topics in a synchronized way, as interrelated variants of the most central story in history, that of human perfectibility. - From the Table of Contents: Frank Ankersmit: Aftermaths and "Foremaths": History and Humans. - Moshe Idel: Crafting a Golem: the Creation o f an Artificial Anthropoid. - Antonis Liakos: The End of History as the Liminality o f the Human Condition: From Kojève to Agamben. - Roger Griffin: Bio-nomic Man (and Woman): Fantasies of Anthropological Revolution as a Reaction to Modernity's Nomic Crisis. - Merryn Ekberg: Eugenics: Past, Present, and Future. - Marius Turda: Crafting a Healthy Nation: European Eugenics in Historical Context. - Maria Sophia Quine: "Making Italians": Aryanism and Anthropology in Italy during the "Risorgimento". - Alison Bashford: Julian Huxley's Transhumanism. 197 Seiten, gebunden (Reflections on (In)Humanity; Vol. 5/V&R unipress/National Taiwan University Press 2013). Statt EUR 59,00. Gewicht: 450 g - Gebunden/Gebundene Ausgabe.

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Title
Crafting Humans
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Publication year
2013
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Sehr Gut
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Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
3847100599
ISBN 13
9783847100591
Item weight
450 grams
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