Visions Of Technological Transcendence
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Visions Of Technological Transcendence
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Author : James A. Herrick
language : en
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Release Date : 2017-03-03
Visions Of Technological Transcendence written by James A. Herrick and has been published by Parlor Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-03 with Social Science categories.
This book examines key narratives animating the techno-progressive rhetoric of the human enhancement movement, arguing that enhancement and transhumanist discourse performs a variety of distinctly mythic functions. Principal among these is to cast a vision of a technological future involving enhanced posthumans, immortality, human merger with machines and space colonization.
Visions Of Technological Transcendence
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Author : James A. Herrick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Visions Of Technological Transcendence written by James A. Herrick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Human-machine systems categories.
Perfecting Human Futures
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Author : J. Benjamin Hurlbut
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-22
Perfecting Human Futures written by J. Benjamin Hurlbut and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-22 with Philosophy categories.
Humans have always imagined better futures. From the desire to overcome death to the aspiration to dominion over the world, imaginations of the technological future reveal the commitments, values, and norms of those who construct them. Today, the human future is thrown into question by emerging technologies that promise radical control over human life and elicit corollary imaginations of human perfectibility. This interdisciplinary volume assembles scholars of science and technology studies, sociology, philosophy, theology, ethics, and history to examine imaginations of technological progress that promises to transcend the constraints of human body and being. Attending in particular to transhumanist and posthumanist visions, the volume breaks new ground by exploring their utopian and eschatological dimensions and situating them within a broader context of ideas, institutions, and practices of innovation. The volume invites specialists and general readers to explore the stakes of contemporary imaginations of technological innovation as a source of progress, a force of social and historical transformation, and as the defining essence of human life.
Transhumanism And Transcendence
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Author : Ronald Cole-Turner
language : en
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-29
Transhumanism And Transcendence written by Ronald Cole-Turner and has been published by Georgetown University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Medical categories.
The timeless human desire to be more beautiful, intelligent, healthy, athletic, or young has given rise in our time to technologies of human enhancement. Athletes use drugs to increase their strength or stamina; cosmetic surgery is widely used to improve physical appearance; millions of men take drugs like Viagra to enhance sexual performance. And today researchers are exploring technologies such as cell regeneration and implantable devices that interact directly with the brain. Some condemn these developments as a new kind of cheating—not just in sports but in life itself—promising rewards without effort and depriving us most of all of what it means to be authentic human beings. “Transhumanists,” on the other hand, reject what they see as a rationalizing of human limits, as if being human means being content forever with underachieving bodies and brains. To be human, they insist, is to be restless with possibilities, always eager to transcend biological limits. As the debate grows in urgency, how should theology respond? Christian theologians recognize truth on both sides of the argument, pointing out how the yearnings of the transhumanists—if not their technological methods—find deep affinities in Christian belief. In this volume, Ronald Cole-Turner has joined seasoned scholars and younger, emerging voices together to bring fresh insight into the technologies that are already reshaping the future of Christian life and hope.
Visions Of Technology
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Author : Richard Rhodes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Visions Of Technology written by Richard Rhodes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Technology categories.
Technological Visions
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Author : Marita Sturken
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2004
Technological Visions written by Marita Sturken and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.
For as long as people have developed new technologies, there has been debate over the purposes, shape, and potential for their use. In this exciting collection, a range of contributors, including Sherry Turkle, Lynn Spigel, John Perry Barlow, Langdon Winner, David Nye, and Lord Asa Briggs, discuss the visions that have shaped "new" technologies and the cultural implications of technological adaptation. Focusing on issues such as the nature of prediction, community, citizenship, consumption, and the nation, as well as the metaphors that have shaped public debates about technology, the authors examine innovations past and present, from the telegraph and the portable television to the Internet, to better understand how our visions and imagination have shaped the meaning and use of technology. Author note: Marita Sturken is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California and the author of Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering and Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture (with Lisa Cartwright). Douglas Thomas is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He is author of three books, most recently Hacker Culture. Sandra Ball-Rokeach is a Professor and Director of the Communication Technology and Community Program in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. She is author of several books, including Theories of Mass Communication (with M. L. De Fleur).
Technophobia
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Author : Daniel Dinello
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Technophobia written by Daniel Dinello and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Techno-heaven or techno-hell? If you believe many scientists working in the emerging fields of twenty-first-century technology, the future is blissfully bright. Initially, human bodies will be perfected through genetic manipulation and the fusion of human and machine; later, human beings will completely shed the shackles of pain, disease, and even death, as human minds are downloaded into death-free robots whereby they can live forever in a heavenly "posthuman" existence. In this techno-utopian future, humanity will be saved by the godlike power of technology. If you believe the authors of science fiction, however, posthuman evolution marks the beginning of the end of human freedom, values, and identity. Our dark future will be dominated by mad scientists, rampaging robots, killer clones, and uncontrollable viruses. In this timely new book, Daniel Dinello examines "the dramatic conflict between the techno-utopia promised by real-world scientists and the techno-dystopia predicted by science fiction." Organized into chapters devoted to robotics, bionics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and other significant scientific advancements, this book summarizes the current state of each technology, while presenting corresponding reactions in science fiction. Dinello draws on a rich range of material, including films, television, books, and computer games, and argues that science fiction functions as a valuable corrective to technological domination, countering techno-hype and reflecting the "weaponized, religiously rationalized, profit-fueled" motives of such science. By imaging a disastrous future of posthuman techno-totalitarianism, science fiction encourages us to construct ways to contain new technology, and asks its audience perhaps the most important question of the twenty-first century: is technology out of control?
Temples Of Modernity
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Author : Robert M. Geraci
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-10-15
Temples Of Modernity written by Robert M. Geraci and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with Religion categories.
Geraci offers an investigation into the intersection of religion, science, and technology in scientific and engineering communities in India. Using historical and ethnographic methods, Geraci explores religion, science, and technology in politics, scientific uses of Hindu images and rituals, and Indian reflections on the future of humanity.
Technology And Transcendence
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Author : Michael Breen
language : en
Publisher: Columba Press (IE)
Release Date : 2003
Technology And Transcendence written by Michael Breen and has been published by Columba Press (IE) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Religion categories.
This collection of essays represents the work of fifteen scholars in four disciplines: philosophy, theology, sociology, and cultural studies. It offers an interdisciplinary reflection on the role and impact of technology in society, focusing on the i
Technological Transcendence
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Author : Jeff Imperato
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Technological Transcendence written by Jeff Imperato and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.