دانلود کتاب Post- and Transhumanism: An Introduction

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Cover Contents Introducing Post- and Transhumanism (Robert Ranisch & Stefan Lorenz Sorgner) Transhumanism Posthumanism About this Volume Confessions Lands of Cockaygne Neo-Socratic Reflections Ontologies of Becoming Paragone of the Arts Bibliography Pedigrees (Stefan Lorenz Sorgner) Transhumanism Posthumanism In Between Post- and Transhumanism: Metahumanism Modernity and Postmodernity Beyond Humanism Movements Conclusion Bibliography Religion (Hava Tirosh-Samuelson) Clarification of Terms Philosophical and Cultural Posthumanisms Technological Posthumanism and Transhumanism The Religious Roots of Transhumanism Transhumanism as a New Religious Movement Religious Traditions Engage Transhumanism Conclusion: Post- and Transhumanism and the Post-Secular Moment Bibliography Prometheus Performer or Transformer? (Trijsje Franssen) The Myth Posthumanism Transhumanism Conclusion Bibliography Nietzsche (Yunus Tuncel) 1. Nietzsche as Ancestor of Posthumanism 1.1 The Will to Power Ontology 1.2 Rationality and Perspectivism 1.3 Relationship between Humans and Animals 1.4 The Posthuman, the Cyborg, and Nietzsche’s New Type of Human 2. Nietzsche as Ancestor of Transhumanism 2.1 The Übermensch and the Posthuman and the Transhuman of Transhumanists 2.2 The Importance of the Renaissance Ideal for Transhumanists and Nietzsche 2.3 Nietzsche’s Self-Overcoming and Human Beings as Work-in-progress Epilogue Bibliography Utopia (Michael Hauskeller) Bibliography Brave New World (Curtis D. Carbonell) Bibliography Life Extension Eternal Debates on Immortality (Sascha Dickel & Andreas Frewer) 1. Suggested Methods of Life Extension in Transhumanist Thought 1.1. Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence 1.2. Nanomedicine 1.3. Mind Uploading 1.4. Cryonics 2. Technological Life Extension: A Modern Utopia 2.1. The Discourse of Technological Immortality 2.2. Never-Ending Individual Options 2.3. Critical Perspectives 3. Posthuman Immortals Bibliography Politics (James Hughes) Becoming Posthuman Transhumanism and Humanism’s Critics Transhumanist Politics Post-Genderism: An Opportunity for Posthumanist/Transhumanist Dialogue Conclusion Bibliography Morality (Robert Ranisch) Transhumanism and the Bioliberals Transhumanism versus Bioconservatism Morality of Transhumanism (Morphological) Freedom Harm-Principle Reproductive Freedom Promoting Well-being and Reducing Suffering Rejecting Anthropocentrism Rejecting the Wisdom of Nature Progressivism Obligation to Support Science Perfectionism Obligation to Enhance Transhumanist Morality: Between Neutrality and Perfectionism Posthumanism: A Critical Take on the Transhumanist Project Moral Bio-Enhancement: Better Acting Trough Chemistry Moral Status Enhancement and the Fear of Post-Persons Posthumanist Criticism on Human Exceptionalism Concluding Remarks Bibliography Ontology (Thomas D. Philbeck) Definitions and Differences Transhumanism and Posthumanism Ontological Frameworks Conclusion Bibliography Nature (Martin G. Weiss) Nature and Posthumanism or Heidegger and Agamben on Human Being and the Animal Transhumanism and (Human) Nature Enhancement and Human Dignity Transhumanism and the Co-creation of Nature Bibliography Evolution (Steve Fuller) 1. Posthumanism and Transhumanism as Alternative Takes on Evolution 2. Is Evolution Something that One Overcomes or to Which One Submits? 3. Evolution’s Normative Implications in a Post- and Transhumanist Key Bibliography The Body (Francesca Ferrando) The Body How We Became Humans Which Humans are Human? Embodied Selves Posthuman Bodies Transhuman Bodies Conclusions Acknowledgements Bibliography Bioart (Andy Miah) Defining Bioart Rejecting Bioart Interpreting Bioart Conclusion: Bioart as Trans- and Posthumanist Thought Bibliography New Media Art (Evi Sampanikou) The Heritage of Conceptual Art and Posthumanist Art Joseph Beuys: Conceptual Performance as an Ancestor of Posthumanist Art Nam June Paik: From Fluxus to Video Sculpture Bill Viola: From Experimental VHS Video to Digital Media Screening as Director Shirin Neshat and William Kentridge: Posthumanist Sex and Identity and Humanism in Post-Humanist Disguise Transhumanist Art: A Non-Humanistic Discipline? Bibliography Literature (Marcus Rockoff) Post- and Transhumanism Three Classes of References to Transhumanism in Literature References to Specific Technologies Relevant for Transhumanism Thematological References to the Transhumanist Idea of Overcoming Human Nature References to Transhumanism as an International Movement Everybody’s Darling: Using Literature to Illustrate the Pros and Cons of Post- and Transhumanism Questioning Our Perception of Humanity by Reading Literature Summary Bibliography Science Fiction Literature (Domna Pastourmatzi) The Use of Science Fiction The Transhuman and Posthuman Condition in Science Fiction Bibliography Movies (Dónal P. O’Mathúna) Technology Anthropocentrism Problems with Technology Controlling Evolution Injustice Embodiment Conclusion Bibliography Music (Stefan Lorenz Sorgner) Bibliography List of Contributors