Dominique Janicaud

On the Human Condition (eBook, PDF)

Übersetzer: Brennan, Eileen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In an age of cloning, virtual reality and artificial intelligence what sort of future is in store for human beings? If it is a "posthuman" future as some predict, will it also be inhuman? On the Human Condition is a thought-provoking and profound reflection on where the idea of the human stands today. Dominique Janicaud argues that while we need to avoid apocalyptic talk of a posthuman condition, as embodied in technology such as cloning, we should neither fall back on a conservative humanism nor become technophobic. Drawing on topical examples such as genetic engineering, the mythology around the Frankenstein myth and the ideas of Pascal and Primo Levi, Dominique Janicaud urges us to acknowledge the fragile and provisional nature of being human. Above all, he argues that even if we do live in a world that is already posthuman, it is not a predicament we can confront alone and heroically, but must share with others.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134336180
• Artikelnr.: 38264862

Autorenporträt

At the time of his death in 2002, Dominique Janicaud was one of the leading philosophers in France. He taught at the University of Nice and wrote many books, including Heidegger en France and The Powers of the Rational.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Overcoming of Overcoming Preface 1. Is Humanism the Last
Resort? 2. The Danger of Monsters 3. From Foreseeable Risks to the
Unforeseeable 4. Between the Superhuman and the Inhuman Conclusion: What
"Overcoming" Means Bibliography