000722995 000__ 04400cam\a2200493Ki\4500 000722995 001__ 722995 000722995 005__ 20230306140325.0 000722995 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000722995 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000722995 008__ 131108s2014\\\\ne\a\\\\ob\\\\000\0\eng\d 000722995 020__ $$a9789400775541$$qelectronic book 000722995 020__ $$a9400775547$$qelectronic book 000722995 020__ $$z9789400775534 000722995 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-94-007-7554-1$$2doi 000722995 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)ocn862411237 000722995 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)862411237 000722995 040__ $$aGW5XE$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cGW5XE$$dYDXCP$$dCTN$$dVT2$$dOCLCO$$dOCLCF 000722995 049__ $$aISEA 000722995 050_4 $$aTP248.2$$b.S45 2013eb 000722995 08204 $$a660.601$$223 000722995 1001_ $$aSharon, Tamar,$$d1975-$$eauthor. 000722995 24510 $$aHuman nature in an age of biotechnology$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe case for mediated posthumanism /$$cTamar Sharon. 000722995 264_1 $$aDordrecht :$$bSpringer,$$c2014. 000722995 300__ $$a1 online resource (x, 241 pages) :$$billustrations. 000722995 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000722995 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000722995 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000722995 4901_ $$aPhilosophy of engineering and technology,$$x1879-7202 ;$$vvolume 14 000722995 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references. 000722995 5050_ $$aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Cartography of the Posthuman -- Chapter 3. The Human Enhancement Debate: For, Against and from Human Nature -- Chapter 4. Towards a Non-Humanist Posthumanism: The Originary Prostheticity of Radical and Methodological Posthumanism -- Chapter 5. From Molar to Molecular Bodies: Posthumanist Frameworks in Contemporary Biology -- Chapter 6. Posthuman Subjectivity: Beyond Modern Metaphysics -- Chapter 7. Technologically Produced Nature: Nature Beyond Schizophrenia and Paranoia -- Chapter 8. New Modes of Ethical Selfhood: Geneticization and Genetically Responsible Subjectivity -- Chapter 9. Conclusion. 000722995 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000722995 520__ $$aNew biotechnologies have propelled the question of what it means to be human, or posthuman, to the forefront of societal and scientific consideration. This volume provides an accessible, critical overview of the main approaches in the debate on posthumanism, and argues that they do not adequately address the question of what it means to be human in an age of biotechnology. It offers a comprehensive mapping of posthumanist discourse divided into four broad approaches, two of them humanist-based approaches: dystopic and liberal posthumanism, and two non-humanist approaches: radical and methodological posthumanism. The author compares and contrasts these models through an exploration of key issues, from human enhancement, to eugenics, to new configurations of biopower, questioning what role technology plays in defining the boundaries of the human. Building on the contributions and limitations of radical and methodological posthumanism, the author develops a novel perspective, mediated posthumanism, that brings together insights into the philosophy of technology, the sociology of biomedicine, and Michel Foucault's work on ethical subject constitution. In this framework, technology is neither a neutral tool nor a force that alienates humanity from itself, but something that is always already part of the experience of being human, and subjectivity is viewed as an emergent property that is constantly being shaped and transformed by its engagements with biotechnologies. Mediated posthumanism becomes a tool for identifying novel ethical modes of human experience that are richer and more multifaceted than allowed by current posthumanist perspectives. This is an essential reading for students and scholars working on ethics and technology, philosophy of technology, poststructuralism, technology and the body, and medical ethics. 000722995 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000722995 650_0 $$aBiotechnology$$xPhilosophy. 000722995 650_0 $$aBiotechnology$$xMoral and ethical aspects. 000722995 650_0 $$aBiotechnology$$xSocial aspects. 000722995 650_0 $$aBioethics$$xPhilosophy. 000722995 650_0 $$aHumanism. 000722995 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSharon, Tamar, 1975-$$tHuman nature in an age of biotechnology$$z9789400775534$$w(DLC) 2013949769$$w(OCoLC)857973522 000722995 830_0 $$aPhilosophy of engineering and technology ;$$v14. 000722995 852__ $$bebk 000722995 85640 $$3SpringerLink$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-7554-1$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 000722995 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:722995$$pGLOBAL_SET 000722995 980__ $$aEBOOK 000722995 980__ $$aBIB 000722995 982__ $$aEbook 000722995 983__ $$aOnline 000722995 994__ $$a92$$bISE