On Transhumanism / / Stefan Lorenz Sorgner.
Transhumanism is widely misunderstood, in part because the media have exaggerated current technologies and branded the movement as dangerous, leading many to believe that hybrid humans may soon walk among us and that immortality, achieved by means of mind-uploading, is imminent. In this essential an...
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Translator’s Introduction
- Introductory Remarks
- 1. Is Transhumanism the Most Dangerous Idea in the World?
- 2. A Roadmap of Enhancement Debates
- 3. Pedigrees of Metahumanism, Posthumanism, and Transhumanism
- 4. Nietzsche and Transhumanism
- 5. Twelve Pillars of Transhumanist Discourse
- Concluding Thoughts
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index