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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT At its core, transhumanism is utopic and apocalyptic: it tells us we will be saved through an imminent radical change of our being wrought by radical human enhancement (RHE) technologies. We are rushing, its supporters claim, towards a technological utopia so long as assorted techno‐phobes do not stand in the way.
Benjamin N. Parks
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Why they won't save us: Political dispositions in the conflicts of superheroes
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2014 Comic book superheroes tend to be conservative and their opponents progressive. Here I explore the reasons for heroic conservatism, review recent disruptions to the trend, and consider what superhuman politics can tell us about our own transhuman and ...
Woody Evans
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CoSMO, 2017 This essay aims at explaining what we mean when we talk about philosophy of post-humanism, and is based on the book Il Postumanesimo filosofico e le sue alterità [Philosophical Posthumanism and its alterities] by Francesca Ferrando.
Davide Sisto
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The Future is Female! Trans(human) Voices of Cher and Anohni
Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia de Cultura, 2021 In this article, I want to present trans(human) Cher and Anohni’s voice qualities. Both singers represent ambiguous and queer forms of femininity that denaturalizes the concept of gender and entangles the listener into a transgressive aesthetic ...
Konrad Sierzputowski
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TRANSHUMANISM - ROBOTICS INTERACTIONS
Journal of Energy : Energija, 2021 Thinking wrong that the humanistic ideal has already been realized, transhumanism is promoting the liberation of man by progressive overcoming of his own biological boundaries in order to improve his physical and mental abilities, as well as his life extension. From interaction between biomimetic robotics and transhumanism augmented man was born. But a
Vujačić, Sanja, Alayli, Yasser
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Posthumanism and Cybernetic Art: An Esthetic Exploration of Technology and Human Identity
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Posthumanism is a contemporary intellectual movement that redefines the relationship between humans, technology, biology, and culture. While questioning the traditional humanist perspective that places humans at the center of the universe, it also examines the transformative effects of technology on human identity.
Evren Kavukcu
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The US Religious Public and Radical Human Enhancements
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A radical enhancement to the human body or brain is defined as giving human capabilities that no past or present human has possessed. These are being developed by scientists and bioengineers and backed by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. This article reports on the first study of the US religious public's views of radical enhancements using a ...
John H. Evans
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Redefining the Philosophical Body through a Merleau-Pontian Lens in the Age of Transhumanism: Implications for Sports [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفهIn the modern world, unprecedented technological advancements have fundamentally transformed our understanding of the human body and our lived experiences. Among these, transhumanism stands as one of the greatest philosophical and practical challenges of
Mina Emami +3 more
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Digital Futures Between Participatory Digital Democracy and Participatory Digital Fascism
Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT This paper explores one of the defining political questions of the twenty‐first century: will digital technologies strengthen democracy or accelerate new forms of authoritarianism and fascism? Against the backdrop of platform capitalism, AI‐driven communication, surveillance infrastructures, disinformation and democratic crisis, the study asks
Christian Fuchs +2 more
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 299-317, July 2026.Abstract Ancient ideas about human transformation and divinization have resurfaced in our cultural moment. Artificial intelligence and biotechnology are raising afresh questions about what it means to be human and divine. The Oxford Handbook of Deification has arrived on the scene as its subject matter has splashed out of theological discourse into the
Andrew J. Byers
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