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Mythologies of transhumanism / Michael Hauskeller.

9783319397412
3319397419
9783319397405
3319397400

Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016.

English

1 online resource (231 pages)

10.1007/978-3-319-39741-2. doi

BD450 .H345 2016

170

This book examines the dependence of transhumanist arguments on the credibility of the narratives of meaning in which they are embedded. By taking the key ideas from transhumanist philosophy - the desirability of human self-design and immortality, the elimination of all suffering and the expansion of human autonomy - Michael Hauskeller explores these narratives and the understanding of human nature that informs them. Particular attention is paid to the theory of transhumanism as a form of utopia, stories of human nature, the increasing integration of the radical human enhancement project into the cultural mainstream, and the drive to upgrade from flesh to machine.

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