Book ID: CBB792640964

Human Nature in an Age of Biotechnology: The Case for Mediated Posthumanism (2014)

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Sharon, Tamar (Author)


Springer Science + Business Media


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Book Series: Philosophy of engineering and technology
Physical Details: X + 241 pp.
Language: English

New 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. It offers a comprehensive mapping of posthumanist discourse divided into four broad approaches, two of them humanist-based approaches: dystopic and liberal posthumanism, and two non-humanist approaches: radical and methodological posthumanism. The author compares and contrasts these models through an exploration of key issues, from human enhancement, to eugenics, to new configurations of biopower, questioning what role technology plays in defining the boundaries of the human. Building on the contributions and limitations of radical and methodological posthumanism, the author develops a novel perspective, mediated posthumanism, that brings together insights into the philosophy of technology, the sociology of biomedicine, and Michel Foucault's work on ethical subject constitution. In this framework, technology is neither a neutral tool nor a force that alienates humanity from itself, but something that is always already part of the experience of being human, and subjectivity is viewed as an emergent property that is constantly being shaped and transformed by its engagements with biotechnologies. Mediated posthumanism becomes a tool for identifying novel ethical modes of human experience that are richer and more multifaceted than allowed by current posthumanist perspectives. This is an essential reading for students and scholars working on ethics and technology, philosophy of technology, poststructuralism, technology and the body, and medical ethics. (Worldcat)

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Authors & Contributors
Coeckelbergh, Mark
Cippitani, Roberto
Park, Yun-gu
Dalibert, Lucie
Devolder, Katrien
Paik, Young-Gyung
Concepts
Biology and ethics; bioethics
Biotechnology
Human body
Philosophy of technology
Stem cells
Science and politics
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
Places
Asia
Brazil
South Korea
Singapore
Latin America
Italy
Institutions
Human Genome Project
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