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Transhumanism Jennifer Huberman (University of Missouri, Kansas City)

Transhumanism By Jennifer Huberman (University of Missouri, Kansas City)

Summary

Through an anthropological analysis of transhumanism, this book introduces the reader to the discipline, history and key topics of cultural anthropology. Providing lively ethnographic insights into a fascinating contemporary socio-cultural movement, it will be of interest to students and researchers in social and cultural anthropology.

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Transhumanism: From Ancestors to Avatars by Jennifer Huberman (University of Missouri, Kansas City)

Transhumanists argue that science and technology will enable us to overcome our biological limitations, both mental and physical, and create a radically enhanced posthuman species and society. In this book, Jenny Huberman examines the values and visions animating the Transhumanist Movement in the United States today, whilst at the same time using the study of transhumanism as a way to introduce a new generation of students to the discipline of cultural anthropology. She explores transhumanist conceptions of revitalization, immortality, the good life, the self, the body, kinship and economy, and compares them to the belief systems of human beings living in other times and places. Providing lively ethnographic insights into a fascinating contemporary socio-cultural movement, this book will be invaluable to students and researchers in anthropology, as well as anyone interested in the phenomenon of transhumanism.

About Jennifer Huberman (University of Missouri, Kansas City)

Jenny Huberman is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Thinking though transhumanism; 1. Is transhumanism a revitalization movement?; 2. Ancestors and avatars: immortality transformed; 3. Happily ever after: transhumanism and the hedonistic imperative; 4. The social skin, the anti-social skin, and the persuit of morphological freedrom; 5. Decoding the self; 6. Rethinking kinship systems; 7. From original affluence to posthuman abundance; Conclusion.

Additional information

CIN1108798977G
9781108798976
1108798977
Transhumanism: From Ancestors to Avatars by Jennifer Huberman (University of Missouri, Kansas City)
Used - Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2020-12-17
275
N/A
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