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Transhumanism as a New Social Movement

The Techno-Centred Imagination

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Palgrave Macmillan


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This book explores Technological Human Enhancement Advocacy through ethnographically inspired participant observation across a range of sites. James Michael MacFarlane argues that such advocacy is characterized by ‘Techno-centrism,' a belief grounded in today’s world while being also future-oriented and drawn from the imagination. This blurring of ‘real’ and ‘imagined’ futures borrows from the materialist grounding of the scientific worldview, while granting extended license to visions for technology as an enabler of forward-facing action, which include reviving humanist ideals associated with the modernization project. While Techno-centrism is arguably most pronounced in transhumanism—where it is acted-out in extreme, almost hyperbolic ways—it reflects more generally held, deep-seeded concerns around the future of science, technology and human self-identity in the new millennium. Far from being new, these emerging social forms capture unresolved ambivalences which have longcast a shadow over late-modern society and culture.
Pages
239 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2020-05-19
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9783030400897
EAN PDF
9783030400903
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2
Nombre pages imprimables
23
Taille du fichier
2191 Ko
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84,39 €
EAN EPUB
9783030400903
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
23
Taille du fichier
778 Ko
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Prix
84,39 €

James Michael MacFarlane received his PhD from the University of Warwick. His work focuses on the dissemination of expert/technical knowledge to non-expert audiences, public engagement and involvement with science, and the strengthening of science-public relations through enhanced communication and dialogue.

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