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Additional authors

1. Cambridge University Press.

Description

1. xii, 292 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "The purpose of this book is two-fold. First, it provides an anthropological analysis of the transhumanist technological imagination. It explores the visions and values that animate transhumanist initiatives in the contemporary United states, and it explores the various ways transhumanists seek to use science and technology to usher in an enhanced posthuman future. Second, the book uses the study of transhumanism as a way to introduce a new generation of students to the discipline of cultural anthropology. In classic anthropological fashion, it argues that transhumanism can be better understood by approaching it from a comparative perspective. It shows how transhumanist efforts to transform the future of our species speak to a longstanding set of concerns within the discipline of cultural anthropology"--

Series statement

1. New departures in Anthropology

Uniform title

1. New departures in anthropology.

Subject

1. Transhumanism

Contents

1. Introduction: Thinking through Transhumanism -- Intro.1. A back to the future approach to transhumanism -- Intro. 2. Technology, the imagination, and the future -- Intro. 3. The anthropology of transhumanism -- Intro. 4. Overview of Chapters 24 -- Intro. 5. A note on methods -- Chapter 1: Is transhumanism a revitalization movement? -- Chapter 2: Ancestors and avatars: Immortality transformed -- Chapter 3: Happily ever after: Transhumanism and the hedonistic imperative -- Chapter 4: The social skin, the anti social skin, and the pursuit of morphological freedom -- Chapter 5: Decoding the self -- Chapter 6: Rethinking kinship systems -- Chapter 7: From original affluence to posthuman abundance.

Call number

1. JFE 21-3854

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Huberman, Jennifer, author.

Title

1. Transhumanism : from ancestors to avatars / Jenny Huberman.

Publisher

1. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Copyright date

1. ©2021

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. New departures in Anthropology
2. New departures in anthropology.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Cambridge University Press.

Other form:

1. Online version: Huberman, Jenny, 1972- Transhumanism First Edition. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108869577 (DLC) 2020026139

LCCN

1. 2020026138

ISBN

1. 9781108835930 hardcover
2. 1108835937 hardcover
3. 9781108798976 paperback
4. 1108798977 paperback

Research call number

1. JFE 21-3854