Jennifer Huberman

Transhumanism

From Ancestors to Avatars

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 275
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781108798976
• ISBN-10: 1108798977
• Artikelnr.: 60044078

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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.