Human Nature in an Age of Biotechnology - 9789402405989

Name: Human Nature in an Age of Biotechnology - 9789402405989
Brand: Springer

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Human Nature in an Age of BiotechnologyThe Case for Mediated Posthumanism\nAuthor(s): Tamar Sharon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer, Netherlands\nImprint: Springer\nISBN-13: 9789402405989, 978-9402405989\nSynopsis\nNew biotechnologies have propelled the question of what it means to be human or posthuman to the forefront of societal and scientific consideration. This volume provides an accessible, critical overview of the main approaches in the debate on posthumanism, and argues that they do not adequately address the question of what it means to be human in an age of biotechnology. Not because they belong to rival political camps, but because they are grounded in a humanist ontology that presupposes a radical separation between human subjects and technological objects.\n\nThe volume offers a comprehensive mapping of posthumanist discourse divided into four broad approachestwo humanist-based approaches: dystopic and liberal posthumanism, and two non-humanist approaches: radic.