Transhumanism

  • Transhumanism: From Ancestors to Avatars
    Transhumanism: From Ancestors to Avatars
    By Jennifer Huberman

    Schneider thus proposed that the conjugal couple, composed of a male husband and female wife who engage in sexual intercourse for the purposes of producing offspring, is “a central symbol” of the American kinship system (Schneider ...

  • Transhumanism: The History of a Dangerous Idea
    Transhumanism: The History of a Dangerous Idea
    By David Livingstone

    While the name is new, the idea has long been a popular theme of science fiction, featured in such films as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, the Terminator series, and more recently, The Matrix, Limitless, Her and Transcendence.

  • Transhumanism: Evolutionary Futurism and the Human Technologies of Utopia
    Transhumanism: Evolutionary Futurism and the Human Technologies of Utopia
    By Andrew Pilsch

    In this book, Andrew Pilsch counters these critiques, arguing instead that transhumanism’s utopian rhetoric actively imagines radical new futures for the species and its habitat.

  • Transhumanism: A Grimoire of Alchemical Agendas
    Transhumanism: A Grimoire of Alchemical Agendas
    By Joseph P. Farrell, Scott de Hart

    ... an alchemistic Utopia, and lest it be missed as something less, Wilde wrote his own commentary to the novel, again, ... in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, a rare glimpse into the alchemistic philosophy behind Dorian Gray is offered.

  • Transhumanism: Entering an Era of Bodyhacking and Radical Human Modification
    Transhumanism: Entering an Era of Bodyhacking and Radical Human Modification
    By Michele Battle-Fisher, Emma Tumilty

    Surrogate humanity: Race, robots, and the politics of technological futures. ... Migrant futures: Decolonizing speculation in financial times. ... What does an infamous biohacker's death mean for the future of DIY science?

  • Transhumanism: The Proper Guide to a Posthuman Condition or a Dangerous Idea?
    Transhumanism: The Proper Guide to a Posthuman Condition or a Dangerous Idea?
    By Hans-Jörg Kreowski, Wolfgang Hofkirchner

    This book examines the contributions of the transhumanism approach to technology, in particular the contributed chapters are wary of the implications of this popular idea.

  • Transhumanism: A Realistic Future?
    Transhumanism: A Realistic Future?
    By Jean-pierre Fillard

    Transhumans sometimes appear in science-fiction as cyborgs or genetically-enhanced humans.This book will look into the question 'Can machines think?' followed by 'Can humans extend their lifespan and keep up with machines?