Transhumanism Evolutionary Futurism and the Human Technologies of Utopia |
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| Author:
| Pilsch, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5179-0102-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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Andrew Pilsch argues that transhumanism's utopian rhetoric actively imagines radical new futures for the species and its habitat. Pilsch situates contemporary transhumanism within the longer history of a rhetorical mode he calls "evolutionary futurism" that unifies diverse texts, philosophies, and theories of science and technology that anticipate a radical explosion in humanity's cognitive, physical, and cultural potentialities.
Andrew Pilsch argues that transhumanism's utopian rhetoric actively imagines radical new futures for the species and its habitat. Pilsch situates contemporary transhumanism within the longer history of a rhetorical mode he calls "evolutionary futurism" that unifies diverse texts, philosophies, and theories of science and technology that anticipate a radical explosion in humanity's cognitive, physical, and cultural potentialities.