Panagiotis Pentaris (UK University of Greenwich)

Dying in a Transhumanist and Posthuman Society

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring both the intrapersonal (moral) and interpersonal (ethical) nature of death and dying in the context of their development (philosophical), Dying in a Transhumanist and Posthuman Society shows how death and dying have been and will continue to be governed in any given society.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9780367542238
• ISBN-10: 0367542234
• Artikelnr.: 67822922

Autorenporträt

Panagiotis Pentaris is an Associate Professor of Social Work and Thanatology in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Greenwich, London, England, UK. He is also a member of the Institute for Lifecourse Development, an internationally recognised Institute focusing on interdisciplinary research across the lifespan at the same university. He is a council member for the Association for the Study of Death and Society, and over the last ten years he has researched and published on death, dying, bereavement, culture and religion, social work, social policy and LGBTQIA+ issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Transhumanism and the posthuman being
2. Biomedicine and death
3. Transhumanism in the social context
4: An unsettled future
Conclusions