Realist Responses to Post-Human Society: Ex Machina (The Future of the Human)

By: Ismael Al-Amoudi and Jamie Morgan

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Synopsis: This volume is the first of a trilogy which investigates, from a broadly realist perspective, the place, and challenges, of the human in contemporary social orders. The authors, all members of the Centre for Social Ontology, ask what is specific about humanity’s nature and worth, and what are their main challenges in contemporary societies? Examining the ways in which recent advances in technology threaten to blur and displace the boundaries constitutive of our shared humanity, Realist Responses to Post-Human Society: Ex Machina explores the philosophical and ethical questions raised by these developments, and discusses the dangers posed by the combination of transhumanism with post-humanist social theories and antihumanist practices, institutions and ideologies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781351233682
Related ISBNs:: 9781351233705, 9780815377849, 9780815377849
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 04/17/19
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Ismael Al-Amoudi and Jamie Morgan
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.