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Khvastunova, Yulia V. "POPULARIZATION OF THE IDEAS OF TRANSHUMANISM IN FICTION (THE CASE STUDY OF THE NOVEL “TRANSHUMANISM INC” BY V. PELEVIN)." Russian Studies in Culture and Society 6, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 29–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2576-9782-2022-2-29-41.
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This paper presents a comparative analysis of transhumanist provisions and ideas manifested through fiction, particularly, in the novel by V.O. Pelevin “Transhumanism Inc”. The common points of convergence are revealed: the author’s interpretation of a number of transhumanistic ideas and possible variations of transhumanistic scenarios implemented in the novel by V.O. Pelevin. The paper concludes that the ideas of transhumanism are undoubtedly close to the postmodern literature, there is an ongoing popularization of transhumanism in the Russian literature, and there are some stereotypical emphases and fatigue in the writer’s vision of transhumanist perspectives.
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Rufikasari, Defrita, and Yahya Wijaya. "Kebangkitan Kristus dan Upaya Membangkitkan Manusia dari Kematian: Telaah Teologis Terhadap Transhumanisme-krionik." GEMA TEOLOGIKA: Jurnal Teologi Kontekstual dan Filsafat Keilahian 8, no. 2 (October 25, 2023): 135–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.21460/gema.2023.82.960.
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AbstractThe resurrection of Christ is often associated exclusively with the context of Easter, the redemption of the sinful humans, and the hope of the future resurrection of the faithful. The resurrection from the dead is mentioned several times both in the Old and the New Testaments. Interestingly, both Christianity and transhumanism tend to deny death. In terms of Christianity, that is indicated in the theological view of the resurrection of Christ and the believers; while in that of transhumanism the denial of death is implied in thedevelopment of nanotechnology and cryogenics aiming at raising people from the dead. They both promise an incorruptible and antifragile life. But do they share the same meeting point or have a common ground? Can the resurrection of Christ be interpreted from the vision of transhumanism that opens up opportunities for humans to improve their quality of life? This writing describes the views of several thinkers about transhumanism and their relations to theology, especially concerning the issue of the resurrection. The method used is qualitative research with a descriptive model based on a literature study and a public theology approach putting into discussion the existing thoughts on transhumanism, their relationshipswith religions, and the interpretation of Christ’s resurrection as the meeting point of the redemption theology and transhumanism. AbstrakPemaknaan kebangkitan Kristus acapkali hanya dilekatkan dalam konteks Paskah, penebusan dosa manusia dan harapan akan kebangkitan yang sama akan dialami oleh umat beriman. Peristiwa kebangkitan dari kematian sebetulnya beberapa kali muncul dalam Alkitab baik Perjanjian Lama atau Baru. Menariknya, jika dilihat sekilas, baik Kekristenan dan Transhumanisme nampak sama-sama menolak kematian. Kekristenandengan pandangan teologi kebangkitan Kristus dan orang beriman, sedangkan transhumanisme dengan pengembangan nanoteknologi dan kriogenik yang membangkitkan orang dari kematian. Keduanya nampak sama-sama menjanjikan kehidupan yang tidak fana dan rapuh. Namun benarkah keduanya memiliki titik temu yang sama? Memiliki landasan yang sama? Apakah kebangkitan Kristus nantinya akan dapat juga dimaknai dari visi transhumanisme yang membuka peluang bagi manusia meningkatkan kualitas hidupnya? Penulisan ini bertujuan untuk menguraikan pandangan-pandangan beberapa pemikir tentang transhumanisme dan kaitannya dengan teologi, khususnya kebangkitan dari mati. Metode yang digunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan model deskriptif berdasarkan studi pustaka dan pendekatan teologi publik untuk mendialogkan pemikiran-pemikiran yang ada terkait topik transhumanisme, relasi dengan agama, dan pemaknaan kebangkitan Kristus sebagai titik temu dari karya penebusan dan transhumanisme.
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Steinhoff, James. "Transhumanism and Marxism." Journal of Ethics and Emerging Technologies 24, no. 2 (May 1, 2014): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.55613/jeet.v24i2.18.
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There exists a real dearth of literature available to Anglophones dealing with philosophical connections between transhumanism and Marxism. This is surprising, given the existence of works on just this relation in the other major European languages and the fact that 47 per cent of people surveyed in the 2007 Interests and Beliefs Survey of the Members of the World Transhumanist Association identified as “left,” though not strictly Marxist (Hughes 2008). Rather than seeking to explain this dearth here, I aim to contribute to its being filled in by identifying three fundamental areas of similarity between transhumanism and Marxism. These are: the importance of material conditions, and particularly technological advancement, for revolution; conceptions of human nature; and conceptions of nature in general. While it is true that both Marxism and (especially) transhumanism are broad fields that encompass diverse positions, even working with somewhat generalized characterizations of the two reveals interesting parallels and dissimilarities fruitful for future work.
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Siedlecka, Paulina. "Transhumanizm w uniwersum „Wiedźmina”." Bibliotekarz Podlaski Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne 61, no. 4 (March 12, 2024): 99–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.36770/bp.851.
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In the 21st century, concepts of human modification and improvement increasingly appear in scientific literature, extending beyond the realm of fantasy. Influenced by successful, advanced technological experiments, these concepts are transitioning from literary fiction to more serious philosophical discourse. This ancient quest first found literary expression in the 19th century, notably in the works of Jules Verne. Transhumanism in fantasy is primarily associated with science fiction, featuring human enhancement through advanced technology in narratives about distant futures, space travel, other planets, and the cyberpunk genre. However, the presence of transhumanist themes in fantasy literature receives less attention. In these cases, modifications are typically achieved through spells or the magical properties of potions and plants. In Poland, the most notable example is Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher universe, further developed by CD Projekt Red’s video games. The most literal example is the witchers, monster slayers created through magical mutations. Wizards represent a less obvious group of enhanced characters. Similarly, Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon embodies transhumanist aspirations. These examples collectively illustrate the diverse manifestations of transhumanism in fantasy literature.
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Fernández-Santiago, Miriam. "Accountable Metaphors: The Transhuman Poetics of Failure in Tao Lin’s Taipei." Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies 43, no. 1 (June 28, 2021): 20–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.1.02.
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Tao Lin’s novel Taipei (2013) can be described as a picture of transhuman existence in the current digital world. However, its poetics of failure does not seem to adjust to the typically utopian visions that have often been related to transhumanism. Instead, the novel’s aesthetic approach resists diverse forms of transhumanist universalism in ways that are closer to the theoretical premises of critical posthumanism and agential materialism. In this article, I analyze Lin’s use of accountable metaphors and poetic failure in Taipei as a means to resist uncritical claims to transhumanist, universalist aesthetics.
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Linett, Maren. "All Winged Their Supermen: Mina Loy, Olive Moore, and the Transhumanist Imagination." ELH 90, no. 4 (December 2023): 1159–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/elh.2023.a914019.
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Abstract: Recent scholarship has demonstrated some of the ways modernism depends on eugenic thinking. Exploring similarities and differences between eugenics and early transhumanism, this article identifies in modernist literature a strand of more radical transhumanist desire. Looking in particular at Mina Loy's poems "Parturition" and "Songs to Joannes" and Olive Moore's novel Spleen , it argues that these texts turn the modernist call to "make it new" on human beings ourselves, as Loy and Moore imagine maternity as a means to advance evolution, if only it could transcend the disappointing reproducibility of the human being.
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ROLDÁN ROMERO, VANESA. "TRANSHUMANISM AND THE ANTHROPOCENE IN BECKY CHAMBERS’ A CLOSED AND COMMON ORBIT." Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos, no. 26 (2022): 77–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/ren.2022.i26.04.
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Transhumanism has been rising in both popularity and influence on western societies and philosophical thought. Dreams of mind transfer, immortality, or cloning as well as the fear of sentient and intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) can be traced in some of Netflix’s most popular series such as Altered Carbon (2018), from the novel by Richard K. Morgan, or Orphan Black (2013), to mention just a few. Similarly, transhumanism may be spotted in Becky Chambers’ fiction. The novel analysed in this paper, A Closed and Common Orbit (2016), a sequel in the author’s Wayfarers series, explores the possibility of cloning human bodies, the production of sentient AI, and the subsequent ethical implications of both science fiction tropes. Far from showing transhumanism as a miracle solution to limitations in human bodies and capacity to avoid climate change, the text presents the suspicions and fears transhumanism may raise in the USA. This article provides evidence of how the Anthropocene and transhumanism operate in Becky Chambers’ novel, the ethical effects concerning intrinsic and extrinsic values and their possible subversion through a posthumanist alliance under the Anthropocene.
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Agar, Nicholas. "Whereto Transhumanism? The Literature Reaches a Critical Mass." Hastings Center Report 37, no. 3 (2007): 12–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hcr.2007.0034.
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Vizmuller-Zocco, Jana. "(Un)Human Relations: Transhumanism in Francesco Verso’s Nexhuman." Quaderni d'italianistica 37, no. 2 (January 27, 2018): 211–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.33137/q.i..v37i2.29236.
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Transhumanism is an international movement which espouses the idea that any human organ, function, sense, ability, can be augmented and ameliorated with the judicious use of technology. The ethical, cultural, social, biological, economic implications for this view are far-reaching and point to a number of complex questions whose solution eludes researchers so far. One of the possible sources for answers to these is found in science fiction. While transhumanism is a relatively recent phenomenon (last 25 years or so), science fiction published in English that mirrors some of its issues and ideas has been flourishing for at least as long. In Italy, science fiction is starting to enjoy popularity and critical depth in no small measure due to the untiring abilities of a number of authors. This article analyzes the intersections between human and machine as they are portrayed in Francesco Verso’s Nexhuman. Francesco Verso has published 4 award-winning science fiction novels and a number of short stories. Nexhuman offers a considerable narrative construct which paints a dystopian future where trash is formed and re-formed, sold and reworked; however, strong emotions are not absent, since love may flourish in this “kipple”-laden setting, as well as violence and obsession. Transhumanist ideas explicitly dealt with in the novel include the end of death, the question of the soul, mind uploading, limb prosthesis, the co-existence of humans with mind-uploaded beings. The amalgam between human and machine does away with the Self and the Other(s) as separate entities and constructs a completely different Weltanschauung. Nexhuman is not only a transhumanist trailblazer within the flourishing arena of Italian science fiction, but also a springboard for deeper understanding of what makes us human and the extent to which binary categories need to be overcome in order to create a more accommodating world.
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Duda, Katarzyna. "Wirtualna rzeczywistość świata postnowoczesnego (na przykładzie wybranych utworów współczesnej literatury rosyjskiej)." Bibliotekarz Podlaski Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne 61, no. 4 (March 12, 2024): 23–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.36770/bp.847.
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The aim of the article presented here is to define virtual reality in a post-modern world in which revolutionary technological transformations are taking place before our eyes. Thus, we are witnessing the implementation into our existence of new entities created in the first instance by the sciences including information technology, biotechnology, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology. The latter fields of knowledge have become our research object, with examples drawn from selected works of contemporary Russian literature. It turns out that transhumanism in Russia has its prehistory, for example, the cosmism of Nikolai Fyodorov, and is intensively developing in the present day, for example, the organisation, the Russian Transhumanist Movement. In terms of fiction related to the desire to transform homo sapiens into homo superior, Andrei Platonov, Yevgeny Zamiatin, Mikhail Bulgakov highlight this trend. In contemporary times, the themes of transhumanism, immortalism, cryonics, and artificial intelligence have been taken up by Tatyana Tolstaya, Olga Slavnikova, Victor Pelevin, Vladimir Sorokin, among others. On the pages of their novels, they present how utopia understood as a pipe dream is transformed into utopia – an experiment. The rapid development of civilization forces us to have moral doubts: “unfrozen” after a few hundred years, man may not adapt in a new environment. Artificial intelligence threatens to transform human beings into their replicas, cyborgs, taking over people’s jobs and threatening unemployment. This in turn contradicts the idea of eternal life, raising questions about whether replicas of humans will be endowed with consciousness and emotions, or whether humans transformed from creatures to creators will still remain human.
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Koch, Tom. "Disabling disability amid competing ideologies." Journal of Medical Ethics 44, no. 8 (August 28, 2017): 575–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2017-104253.
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This paper critiques current arguments advancing the potential for transhumanism and a range of biological and pharmacological enhancements to better human flourishing. It does so from a historical perspective weighing the individualistic and competitive evolutionary theories of Darwin with the cooperative and communal theories of Prince Peter Kropotkin a generation later. In doing so it proposes the transhumanist and enhancement enthusiasts operate within a paradigm similar to Darwin’s, one that is atomist and individualistic. The critique, which considers the status of those with cognitive, sensory and physical limits, advances a vision of society as a cooperative and communal rather than individualistic and competitive. Within this framework the argument is not one of either/or but on the lexicographical superiority of the communal and social over the individualistic and competitive ethos underlying both Darwin and most contemporary transhumanist literature. This reordering of priorities, it is argued, reflects advances in contemporary biology and evolutionary thinking.
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Stamm, Gina. "Animal Végétal: Plants and Transhumanism in Contemporary French Literature." French Forum 46, no. 3 (2021): 69–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/frf.2021.0004.
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S, Narendiran, and Bhuvaneswari R. "The Uninhibited Evolution of the Human Persona: A Transhumanistic Study of Anil Menon’s The Beast with Nine Billion Feet." Space and Culture, India 8, no. 3 (November 29, 2020): 27–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.20896/saci.vi0.740.
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Debates on intuition about transformed humankind in the future have led to the conception of transhumanism. It is a new philosophical movement to express the ideology that humanism will evolve by employing science and technology. Supporters of transhumanism believe that scientific aid in the evolution of humans will take them beyond the bounds of physical and mental limitations; eventually, it will make them immortals. The influence of transhumanism in literature has given birth to seminal works of art, particularly science fiction. Anil Menon’s The Beast with Nine Billion Feet is one such novel which sprang out the moral issues due to the rapid growth of science and technology affecting social, cultural, and political scenarios in India. The story is about genetic engineering and its impact on the socio-political problems. In addition to unfolding the threats and opportunities of transhumanism, the novel also touches on the issues of young adults like acquiring autonomy and finding their true identity. This study attempts to bring out the trepidation and chaos resultant of the period of transition and the multiple challenges and threats to the human race.
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Pańkowska, Ewa. "„Być albo nie być” − transhumanistyczna wizja przyszłości według Wiktora Pielewina (na materiale utworu "Transhumanism Inc.")." Bibliotekarz Podlaski Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne 61, no. 4 (March 12, 2024): 83–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.36770/bp.850.
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Victor Pelevin has established a reputation as one of the most interesting, controversial, and mysterious contemporary Russian writers. He is recognized as one of the leading representatives of Russian postmodernism. Pelevin is also known as an attentive and critical observer of the surrounding reality. He is sometimes described as a deep thinker, a prophet, and a visionary. Pelevin’s literary work entitled Transhumanism Inc. (2021) is the subject of the analysis in this paper. The purpose of the article is to show and discuss Pelevin’s transhumanist vision of the future in which an isolated brain (removed from its host) will be able to survive indefinitely in a specialized container (‘a jar’) and human consciousness will exist within a virtual reality. However, access to this ‘jar dimension’ will be exclusive, limited only to the wealthy, leaders, and world oligarchs. However, it is the vampires, as supernatural creatures, who will be the real architects of the world order. This paper focuses on the analysis of the selected aspects of Pelevin’s literary work − mainly those which can be viewed in connection with the assumptions of the transhumanist project. Special attention is paid to the idea of cyber immortality, the concept of morphological freedom, and mind uploading.
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Abizanda Cardona, María. "Narrating the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Transhumanism and Critical Posthumanism in Catherine Lacey's The Answers." Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos, no. 26 (2022): 175–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/ren.2022.i26.10.
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: Recent scientific breakthroughs under the wing of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, particularly in the realm of biotechnology, have prompted an integral redefinition of the human, looking toward the posthuman state. Stances on this question range from the transhumanists ’ advocacy of overcoming biological limits, to the indexing of technoscientific advancement to an antihumanist and postanthropocentric project championed by critical posthumanism. These debates have been translated into speculative fiction works such as Catherine Lacey’ The Answers (2017). This novel revolves around the Girlfriend Experiment, a state -of-the-art research project aimed at taking the next step in our emotional evolution by eliminating the need for romantic relationships, bankrolled by a film industry mogul. This paper analyses the representation of human enhancement in the novel, arguing that the depiction of the material consequences of the experiment upon its research subjects amounts to a rejection of the unrestricted development of technology along transhumanist and neoliberal tenets. In this, The Answers offers a critical take on the Fourth Industrial Revolution aligned with the principles of critical posthumanism.
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Holm, Søren. "Evaluating the Posthuman Future – Some Philosophical Problems." European Review 25, no. 1 (October 3, 2016): 131–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798716000375.
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Imagining a future scenario where human beings have evolved in ways so that they are no longer human but post- or transhuman has been a recurrent trope in science fiction literature since the very inception of the genre. More recently, the possibility of a future including posthumans has received significant philosophical attention due to the emergence of activist ‘transhumanism’. This paper will analyse some of the philosophical problems in evaluating whether a posthuman future is a good future that we ought to pursue. It will first briefly describe the transhumanist conception of the posthuman, and the different routes envisaged from the current human condition to the future posthuman condition. The second part will then present and analyse some fundamental philosophical problems we encounter when we try to assess whether and to what extent the posthuman future is good and/or desirable; and it will be concluded that assessing the ethical desirability of the posthuman future is close to impossible.
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Dydrov, Artur A. "Apologetics and Criticism of Posthumanism (Review)." Journal of Frontier Studies 9, no. 2 (June 10, 2024): 205–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.46539/jfs.v9i2.594.
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Posthumanistic ideas associated with the rejection of anthropocentric discourses and practices and implying (in transhumanism) the technological transition of man and society to a fundamentally new level of existence and organization of life, have a solid history of almost four decades. In Russia, with the exception of top essays such as “A Cyborg Manifesto” by Donna Haraway or “The Transhumanist FAQ” by Nick Bostrom, posthumanist conceptology began to take root intensively since the 10s. 21st century. Then “Cannibal Metaphysics” by Eduardo de Castro and “Being Ecological” by Timothy Morton first appeared on the Russian market. Gradually, the transmission of posthumanist ideas gained more intense momentum. Today, the domestic literary market features transhumanist literature (“Upgrade to Superhumans”), new anthropology, or “postanthropology,” marking the boundaries “beyond man,” representation of indigenous thinking, a series of books about socio-natural phenomena (“Insectopedia,” by Hugh Raffles, “How forests think” by Eduardo Kohn, “Gathering moss” by Robin Kimmerer), as well as new ontologies (Graham Harman, Ian Bogost), revising the classical subject-object picture of the world. Posthumanism can no longer be considered an inconspicuous cultural phenomenon. It is not surprising that sharp critical reactions appeared in the form of monographic studies. The article provides reviews of current Russian posthumanist literature and criticism. Particular attention is paid to the critical agenda, which positions posthumanism as a carrier of apocalyptic strategies for humans. The need for a careful study of the intellectual phenomenon and the search for common grounds for a constructive dialogue between cultures and concepts are argued.
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Jaynes, Tyler L. "The legal ambiguity of advanced assistive bionic prosthetics: Where to define the limits of ‘enhanced persons’ in medical treatment." Clinical Ethics 16, no. 3 (February 19, 2021): 171–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477750921994277.
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The rapid advancement of artificial (computer) intelligence systems (CIS) has generated a means whereby assistive bionic prosthetics can become both more effective and practical for the patients who rely upon the use of such machines in their daily lives. However, de lege lata remains relatively unspoken as to the legal status of patients whose devices contain self-learning CIS that can interface directly with the peripheral nervous system. As a means to reconcile for this lack of legal foresight, this article approaches the topic of CIS-nervous system interaction and the impacts it may have on the legal definition of “persons” under the law. While other literature of this nature centres upon notions of transhumanism or self-enhancement, the approach herein approached is designed to focus solely upon the legal nature of independent CIS actions when operating alongside human subjects. To this end, it is hoped that further discussion on the topic can be garnered outside of transhumanist discourse to expedite legal consideration for how these emerging relationships ought to be received by law-generating bodies internationally.
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Kovalevskaya, Tatyana Vyacheslavovna. "Transhumanism in the European literature of the 19th century: Dostoyevsky and Balzac." Filologičeskie nauki. Voprosy teorii i praktiki, no. 5 (May 2023): 1320–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.30853/phil20230255.
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Graham, E. "'Nietzsche Gets a Modem': Transhumanism and the Technological Sublime." Literature and Theology 16, no. 1 (March 1, 2002): 65–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/litthe/16.1.65.
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Laguarta Bueno, Carmen. "Transhumanism in Dave Egger’s The Circle: Utopia vs. Dystopia, Dream vs. Nightmare." Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos, no. 22 (2018): 165–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/ren.2018.i22.08.
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Wróblewski, Maciej. "On the Benefits of Posthuman Research for Polish Language Teaching." Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, sectio N – Educatio Nova 8 (November 1, 2023): 175–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/en.2023.8.175-186.
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The aim of the article is to present a new tendency of humanities (transhumanism, posthumanism, new materialism) in the educational context. In the first part, the relationships between Polish language teaching in primary and secondary schools and literary studies are characterized in historical order. The school and university cooperation allows to conserve suitable impact on the pupils’ knowledge, skills, and their moral attitude to contemporary reality. Scientific support of school curricula is today very urgent because we are living in a chaotic reality that Zygmunt Bauman called liquid modernity. The classical patterns of knowledge and authority have been disappearing for dozens of decades. Moreover, we live in “a realm” of big data, rapid processes of digitalization, and a plethora of information. The second part of the article relates to different subjects of anthropology of literature, first of all transhumanism, posthumanism, and new materialism, which allow us to demonstrate the human condition in a new light. A teacher, using the tools of the new humanities, while reading literary texts, can indicate the natural relationships between man and the natural environment: plants, animals, terrain, climate.
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Evans, Woody. "Singularity Terrorism: Military Meta-Strategy in Response to Terror and Technology." Journal of Ethics and Emerging Technologies 23, no. 1 (August 1, 2013): 14–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.55613/jeet.v23i1.2.
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This paper examines the responses to advanced and transformative technologies in military literature, attenuates the conclusions of earlier work suggesting that there is an “ignorance of transhumanism” in the military, and updates the current layout of transhuman concerns in military thought. The military is not ignorant of transhuman issues and implications, though there was evidence for this in the past; militaries and non-state actors (including terrorists) increasingly use disruptive technologies with what we may call transhuman provenance.
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DiCaglio, Joshua. "Simulations of Moksha: Liberation, Mysticism, and Transhumanism in Philip K. Dick’s Exegesis." Science Fiction Studies 48, no. 2 (2021): 279–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sfs.2021.0047.
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Raulerson, Joshua. "Transhumanism: Evolutionary Futurism and the Human Technologies of Utopia by Andrew Pilsch." Science Fiction Studies 46, no. 1 (2019): 196–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sfs.2019.0022.
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Jerrin, Neil Beeto, and Bhuvaneswari G. "Comprehending AI's Role in Literature and Arts from a Transhumanist Perspective." International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Scope 05, no. 02 (2024): 846–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.47857/irjms.2024.v05i02.0670.
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This research paper embarks on a journey into the transhumanistic intersection between human intelligence and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of producing literature and arts. It argues that human-AI collaboration is a catalytic process for expansion and innovation, with AI emerging as a potential creative partner. This exploration delves into how AI can serve as an extension of human articulation, enhancing artistic capabilities and broadening the horizons of artistic expression. The study underscores the pivotal role of AI in artistic domains by tracing its historical development in creative fields, examining collaborations between human artists and AI systems, and exploring real-world applications to illuminate the potential advantages and challenges of AI-aided creativity. The paper further delves into the ethical and philosophical considerations surrounding authorship, authenticity, and human intervention in AI-generated elements, as well as their societal and cultural implications, offering a glimpse into how AI applications are reshaping contemporary society. Moreover, the research probes into how AI-generated art disrupts traditional aesthetic art forms, reshapes artistic norms, and fosters versatile interpretations. By scrutinizing the potential impacts and risks associated with AI in literature and arts, this research paper aims to shed light on the symbiotic power of AI as an extension of human intelligence in the creative spectrum within the framework of Transhumanism.
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Canavan, Gerry. "Transhumanism: Evolutionary Futurism and the Human Technologies of Utopia by Andrew Pilsch." Configurations 26, no. 4 (2018): 493–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/con.2018.0038.
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Martínez-Ramil, Pablo, Haridian Bolaños-Frasquet, and Maria Claudia Solarte-Vasquez. "Cyborgs on the horizon. Are we ready? Examining the (a)legality of transhumanist practices within the EU." European Studies 9, no. 2 (December 1, 2022): 133–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2022-0017.
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Abstract Summary Most western contemporary legal systems are grounded in natural law principles established by modern humanism even though various alternatives, post-humanism being among the most influential, start influencing their understanding. In addition, the effect of the rapid pace of technological development on humanity has made the inherent limitations of its rules and other social arrangements manifest, as the use of technology is growingly used for human enhancement. The advocacy seeking to expand the catalogue of human rights and to cover transhumanism has started to bear fruit, but more conceptual developments are needed to lay the foundations for a more systemic regulatory development. This reflection paper focuses on the use of microchip implants, from among the augmentation practices that have recently flown under the radar of legal scientific research. These electronic devices re-shape the experience of being human and their various applications suggest that the penetration levels of capacity enhancing technologies will continue to be on the rise. It will discuss and clarify whether and to which extent transhumanism, personal rights and private autonomy are connected, and the former sufficiently covered by the right to bodily integrity (RBI). The reflection will rely on a comparative and interpretative approach based on the extant literature, national and European Union (EU) regulatory initiatives, and recent doctrinal developments found in case law.
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Odorčák, Juraj. "Homo artefactus and Promethean shame: Reflections on Josef Čapek, Futurism, transhumanism, posthumanism, and the Obvious." World Literature Studies 13, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 68–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/wls.2021.13.1.6.
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Nazarova, Yuliya V., and Alexander Yu Kashirin. "Existential Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Context of the Axiology of Transhumanism (Based on the Works of N. Bostrom)." Общество: философия, история, культура, no. 11 (November 22, 2023): 40–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.24158/fik.2023.11.5.
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The limitation on the development of artificial intelligence technologies which well-known developers of these technologies have recently been talking about, is due to fears of existential risks, one of which, according to the theory of the philosopher N. Bostrom, is Superintelligence as a result of the further development of artificial intelligence. Despite the fact that the problem of artificial intelligence has been widely studied in foreign philo-sophical literature, the issue of values underlying new technologies remains practically unstudied. The article substantiates that Bostrom's theory of risks of superintelligence is due to axiological reasons: artificial intelli-gence, according to the philosopher, can pose a threat to transhumanistic values. On the other hand, to prevent a catastrophe, it is these values that are supposed to be the basis for the development of artificial intelligence. The aim of the article is to analyze ethico-philosophical values of transhumanism and their role in the devel-opment of artificial intelligence technologies. It is noted that, in fact, current AI projects are developing precisely in the spirit of the philosophy of transhumanism. The scientific novelty of the article is due to the ethical and philosophical analysis of transhumanistic values, which N. Bostrom proposes to use in the context of the devel-opment of AI. As a result, the ethical meanings of the development of AI are assessed in the aspect of N. Bostrom’s concept of transhumanistic values.
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Khvastunova, Yulia V. "THE CONCEPT OF MULTIPLE IDENTITY IN TRANSHUMANIST LITERATURE (THE CASE STUDY OF D. BRIN’S VISION)." Russian Studies in Culture and Society 7, no. 1 (March 31, 2023): 69–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2576-9782-2023-1-69-83.
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This paper deals with one of the urgent problems in the framework of the implementation of the latest radical technologies of “human enhancement” the so-called theory of multiple identity (multiple “I”, the theory of doubles, and the duplication of consciousness). This topic of a possible backup of our consciousness is analyzed in relation to the procedure for digitally uploading consciousness, creating digital avatars, cyborgs, and clones and cases of success in the field of gene editing as well as the application of this technology to humans. In fiction, particularly in science fiction, this problem is included in the list of top mysterious subjects. As an example, the paper considers a position of a famous science fiction writer and supporter of transhumanism David Brin, presented in the work “Kiln People”. The article highlights main ideas, possible risks, and negative consequences that the writer is trying to foresee and reveal scenarios for the development of launching a mass duplication of consciousness or creating a technology for implementing a multiple identity of “I”.
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Rošker, Jana S. "Humanism, Post-Humanism and Transhumanism in the Transcultural Context of Europe and Asia." Asian Studies 11, no. 3 (September 7, 2023): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/as.2023.11.3.7-14.
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This issue of Asian Studies delves into the challenges inherent to humanity and the human condition. Over the course of centuries, these challenges have laid the groundwork for conceptual frameworks commonly referred to as humanism, which have undergone development within a multitude of cultural contexts. Numerous analyses and critiques of these frameworks can be found in many papers contained in this issue, especially regarding the dynamics between humans and non-humans. These discussions have arisen from various regions around the globe, often labeled as post-humanism and transhumanism, among others.
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Baelo-Allué, Sonia. "Transhumanism, transmedia and the Serial podcast: Redefining storytelling in times of enhancement." International Journal of English Studies 19, no. 1 (June 30, 2019): 113–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/ijes.335321.
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The digital age has facilitated the creation of fluid, open stories that are subject to change as they unfold across different media platforms, each contributing to the story as a whole. Transmedia storytelling is also linked to transhumanism, a philosophy based on the idea that human limitations can be overcome through reason, science and technology to finally free us from the limitations of our bodies and minds. The concept of the literary has changed because the concept of the human has also evolved, as technology has been used to enhance both human capacities and storytelling through active participation, group work, and collective intelligence. This double enhancement that transmedia and transhuman storytelling entail is explored in this article through a textual and paratextual analysis of Serial, the world’s most popular podcast, which can help us redefine the present blurring of disciplinary boundaries and the new territory of the literary.
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Lindsay, Julia. "Transhumanism and Posthumanism in Twenty-First Century Narrative ed. by Sonia Baelo-Allué and Mónica Calvo-Pascual." Science Fiction Studies 49, no. 2 (July 2022): 373–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sfs.2022.0031.
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Laguarta Bueno, Carmen. "Richard Powers’s Generosity: An Enhancement (2009): Transhumanism, Metafiction and the Ethics of Increasing Human Happiness Levels through Biotechnology." Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies 44, no. 2 (December 23, 2022): 222–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.28914/atlantis-2022-44.2.12.
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This paper analyzes Richard Powers’s Generosity: An Enhancement (2009), a self-reflexive novel in which Powers explores some of the possibilities and challenges of increasing human happiness levels through biotechnology. As this work sets out to show, Powers’s greatest success in the novel may be his choice to adopt certain conventions typical of metafiction to provide a fervent critique of this pressing issue. Drawing mainly from Waugh’s seminal work on metafiction, the present work analyzes how the different metafictional techniques Powers uses in Generosity combine with the transhumanist discourse on the possibilities that biotechnology opens up in order to create a happier population. Ultimately, this article argues that through building a self-reflexive narrative the writer calls the reader’s attention to the constructed character of the transhumanist view of happiness as an engineering problem. Accordingly, he presents an alternative view of happiness as a state of mind that can be achieved by being resilient in the face of our problems and by enjoying the here and now.
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Shastina, E. M., and Yu K. Kazakova. "Works of R. Edelbauer in Context of Contemporary Austrian Literature of Early 21st Century." Nauchnyi dialog 13, no. 3 (April 25, 2024): 267–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2024-13-3-267-287.
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This study explores the novels of contemporary Austrian writer Raphaela Edelbauer (Raphaela Edelbauer, b. 1990) “The Fluid Land” (Das flüssige Land, 2019), “DAVE” (DAVE, 2021), “The Incommensurables” (Die Inkommensurablen, 2023) in the context of contemporary Austrian literature of the early third millennium. The relevance of the research is driven by the necessity to comprehend the trends in Austrian literature during an era of global changes. It is revealed that, on one hand, the author continues the traditions of Austrian literature of the second half of the 20th century, particularly on a thematic level (Austrian identity, overcoming the past, the false idyll of provincial Austria, conflicts between fathers and children, etc.), while on the other hand, delving into pressing contemporary issues (transhumanism, artificial intelligence, etc.). The concept of fictionality is central to the analysis, exploring the ways and specifics of its implementation in the artistic text in alignment with the author’s communicative intentions. Special attention is given to Edelbauer’s individual style, the uniqueness of narrative organization in the examined genre varieties (parable novel, science fiction novel, historical novel), and the quest for a “personal” language. The novelty of this research lies in the fact that Edelbauer’s work, distinguished by prestigious literary awards in Austria and Germany, has not been a subject of study in Russian literary studies.
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Ma, Mia Chen. "Towards a Daoist Futurity." Extrapolation 64, no. 3 (December 19, 2023): 291–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/extr.2023.18.
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Chinese science fiction writer Han Song’s novel Red Ocean (2004) presents a future world in which humans utilize technology to transform into aquatic incarnations of themselves, in order to adapt to the collapsing ecosystems around them. This paper argues that Han’s novel constructs a transcultural “aquatic posthumanism” that is situated at the intersection of what Zygmunt Bauman terms “liquid modernity” (3) and the Daoist notion of “liquid vitality” (Miller 44). While the emergence of “liquid modernity” delivers a promise that a technological boom leads to a world that promotes open communication and swift action, a world without borders, it actually reinforces further invisible barriers between people, as well as between the human and the more-than-human world. Han’s conceptualization of aquatic posthumanism challenges a version of techno-determinist transhumanism, elevating the ecological theme of Red Ocean to the level of Daoist ecology in an effort to provoke an agile and adaptable form of resistance to anthropocentrism.
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Sabourín, Vladimir. "The ThirdRome: Dystopia and Archaism as History of the Present in Victor Pelevin’s Journey to Eleusis." Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum 10 (2024): 141–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.60056/ccl.2024.10.141-154.
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This article is an introduction to the close reading of Victor Pelevin’s novel Journey to Eleusis (2023) as a paradigmatical example of the Russian dystopian literature from the beginning of the 21th century. Journey to Eleusisis the final part of a trilogy whose previous installments include the collection of short novels Transhumanism Inc.(2021) that set the dystopian universe, and the sequel KGBT+(2022) taking place already in the wartime sociopolitical reality. I argue that starting with Vladimir Sorokin’s Blue Lard (1999) the contemporary Russian dystopia intertwines idiosyncratically futurism and archaism into a retro-dystopian frame, which I discern in Pelevin’s trilogy. As I view it, this specific dystopian blend aims at the representation of a history of the present of the Putin era with its neo-totalitarian version of the Russian imperial concept of the “Third Rome” which is crucial to Journey to Eleusis.
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Bogdanov, D. E. "The Legal Regime of the AI Generated Results: Anthropocentrism vs. Transhumanism in the Field of Intellectual Property Law." Lex Russica 77, no. 1 (January 31, 2024): 32–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.17803/1729-5920.2024.206.1.032-053.
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Rapid development of technology suggests the advent of a new industrial revolution. Artificial intelligence technology is one of the driving forces of this process that has an increasing impact on socioeconomic relations, changing ideas about the limits of human capabilities in the field of information analysis and data processing. The role of artificial intelligence is not limited to information processing, since its functioning is also aimed at generating creative content. The academic literature indicates that the development of artificial intelligence technology will lead to «seismic» social and economic consequences. It will have a devastating impact on legislation, in particular in the field of intellectual property. The paper defends the thesis that the technological and transhumanistic revolution in intellectual property law has not taken place. The fundamental idea that only a human is the creator provides the basis of intellectual property rights. As a general rule, the results generated by artificial intelligence should remain in the public domain, since neither software developers using artificial intelligence technology nor its users have the right to privatize the intellectual and cultural heritage of human society. The arguments of the authors, who believe that the transfer of the results generated by artificial intelligence into the public domain deprives the developers of this technology of economic incentives are unconvincing. Artificial intelligence technologies have their own economic incentives that justify investments in this area. The new practice of generative artificial intelligence providers to assume the property risks of their users justifies this approach. It can be stated that conditions are emerging for establishing a general model of tort liability for violation by generative intelligence providers of the exclusive rights of authors and other copyright holders.
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Bainbridge, William Sims. "Nemesis in Mordor: The Possibility of Posthuman Savagery." Journal of Posthuman Studies 5, no. 2 (December 1, 2021): 169–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jpoststud.5.2.0169.
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Innovative computer games can sometimes serve as valid simulations of real sociocultural processes, exploring hypotheses about the possible impact of future technology on civilization. In February 2021, Warner Brothers was granted a patent for an artificial social intelligence system that it first used in Shadow of Mordor, a very popular computer game based on the legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien, but reversing his humanistic and precautionary values. The main theme of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings was development of genuine friendship in a crusade to destroy a technology that gave its user superhuman powers at the cost of replacing sympathy with total selfishness. Shadow of Mordor and its successor Shadow of War promoted sadism and enslavement as tools for transcending human limitations, implicitly slandering transhumanism. This article surveys this troubling dynamic in four parts: (1) a conceptual introduction drawing upon a diverse literature about the human dimensions of current technological progress, (2) an overview of recent developments in the genre of Tolkien computer games, (3) a close examination of how the Nemesis multiagent system was designed, and (4) an initial assessment of public reactions to the Shadows expressed through videos and text comments on YouTube.
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Lapickaya, T. Yu. "Principles of bioethics in the work of a nurse during the mass vaccination of adults against COVID-19." Ural Medical Journal 21, no. 6 (December 8, 2022): 144–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.52420/2071-5943-2022-21-6-144-149.
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Introduction. The bioethical principles in the work of a nurse during the vaccination of the population against COVID-19 were discussed in the article. Emphasis on the role of the nurse in communicating with patients is placed in the article.The purpose of this paper is to identify the key principles of bioethics that are most significant in the nursing profession.Materials and methods The analysis of 15 documentary and literary sources found in the databases and electronic libraries Cyberleninka, ConsultantPlus, garant.ru. The study was carried out by means of the method of content analysis of legal acts.Results and Discussion The content analysis of the normative-legal acts regulating the citizens' right to health protection and the sphere of vaccine prophylaxis of the population, scientific literature allowed to estimate the order of COVID-19 vaccination organization and the nurse's role in this process. The problems of complexity of vaccination decision-making on the part of the adult population were revealed. Showed the moral and ethical qualities that the nurse must possess.Conclusion As transhumanism develops, its irreversible consequence is the erasure of the principles of humanism in medicine
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Fröschle, Ulrich. "In search of a center: Aporias of the prosthetic God." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Language and Literature 20, no. 3 (2023): 591–608. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/spbu09.2023.312.
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The article deals with the capability and productivity of literature to visualise and discuss chances and problems arising from future developments and constellations using the example of trans- or posthumanism as one of the most influental ideological concepts of our time. It is shown how this seemingly scientific idea has been imagined as well as deconstructed in literary texts a long time before transhumanism solidified as an ideology. Literary texts allow to play things through to an end — or another, and thereby highly specialised scientific topics become open to a broader discussion outside the ivory tower: Beginning with H. von Kleist’s famous essay on “The Puppet Theatre” (1810), that reflects upon the question of human consciousness using the example of dancing prosthesis carriers, it is also demonstrated, that literary texts can defamiliarize our common perception of everyday world to set us thinking about it, be it Goethe’s “Faust II” with its homunculus episode, Marinettis novel “Mafarka the Futurist” (1909) and its flying artificial man, E.Jünger’s extensive essay “The Worker” (1932) on modern serialisation, M.Houellebecq’s novel “Possibility of an Island” (2005) with a posthuman view on transhumanistic developments or G.Bear’s SF novel “Blood Music” (1985), imagining a completely posthuman world.
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Zagidulina, T. A. "TECHNOLOGICAL UTOPIA AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: REPRESENTATION IN THE LITERATURE OF THE EARLY 21st CENTURY (BASED ON THE LIBRETTO OF THE ELECTRONIC OPERA “2032: THE LEGEND OF THE UNFULFILLED FUTURE” BY V. ARGONOV)." Siberian Philological Forum 15, no. 3 (September 30, 2021): 69–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.25146/2587-7844-2021-15-3-85.
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Problem statement. Scientific and technological progress associated with the ubiquitous spread of automation and development of the Internet entailed a transformation in the methods of production and perception of information, which outlined new ethical problems associated with technology and artificial intelligence, represented in fiction.Thus, the purpose of this article lies in identifying the elements of the phenomenon of techno-utopia in literature (based on the libretto of the electronic opera by V. Argonov “2032: The Legend of the Unfulfilled Future”), in determining the place of artificial intelligence in it, as well as in consider-ing options for resolving ethical issues related to this issue.Methodology (materials and methods). The paper demonstrates both traditional literary research methods (literary hermeneutics, analysis of mythopoetics) and philosophical methods (the author relies on the philosophy of technology, the philosophy of transhumanism).Research results. The results of the study are the identification of the genetic connection between techno-utopia and the Soviet utopian project, based, among other things, on Gnosticism, as well as identification of the central place of artificial intelligence in the artistic world of the emerging tech-nological utopia.Conclusions. Reading the text at the profane and religious-mystical levels provides a key to un-derstanding one of the vectors of development of socialist realist literature as utopian. It reveals how Soviet mythology is being transformed, for example, the myth of a large Stalinist family, the image of a leader on the basis of post-Soviet culture.As a result of the interdisciplinary complex analysis of the text, it can be concluded that there is a contradiction between the ideology of the new techno-utopia and the postulates of socialist realism.
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Grebeniuk, Tetiana. "SHARED PAIN, THE WAR AND IDENTITY: PECULIARITIES OF UKRAINIAN LITERARY METAMODERNISM." CONTEMPORARY LITERARY STUDIES, no. 20 (December 20, 2023): 30–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.32589/2411-3883.20.2023.293539.
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This article examines specific manifestations of the metamodern structure of feeling and features of metamodern poetics represented in contemporary Ukrainian literature, as well as the influence of the state of war, in which Ukraine has been involved since 2014, on the perception of the universal aesthetic characteristics of metamodernism in the national artistic discourse.The global phenomenon of metamodernism is considered in the article in its connections with the previous modernist and postmodern traditions and in the context of the political and cultural processes of the end of the 20th — beginning of the 21th centuries. While scrutinizing Ukrainian fictional works, we referred to the main contemporary research on metamodernism, post-posmodernism, metamodern structure of feeling, and metamodernist aesthetics but the basis of the literary analysis of Ukrainian texts included mainly the studies by Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker, Alison Gibbons, Seth Abramson, and Greg Dember. On the basis of their research the specific set of traits of the Ukrainian literary metamodernism was developed, including oscillation, hyper-self-reflexivity, open potentiality as a spatiotemporal characteristic of the artistic worlds, eccentricity of characters («quirky»), ironesty, return of metanarratives (notably, metanarrative of the Ukrainian national identity), attention to influence of media on the identity shaping, imitation of the formal features of postmodernism, the cultivation of immersion in someone else’s felt experience (a «need for a we»), adherence to the ideas of transhumanism and the Anthropocene, cautious optimism and normcore. Despite the unique historical background of the formation of Ukrainian metamodernism (in particular, the persistent attempts of re-colonization of Ukraine by russia during the period of the State Independence, three revolutions and the current war), the key features of this phenomenon in Ukrainian literature are considered to be a «need for a we», hyper-selfreflexivity, and awareness of the importance of a person’s connection with the community.
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Joseph, Waliya, Yohanna. "Digital Knowledge Integration (DKI): When Transhumanism (H+) Meets Digital Humanities (DH)." International Journal of Pedagogy, Innovation and New Technologies 7, no. 1 (June 30, 2020): 39–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.4456.
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To a large extent, the world has come to embrace digitalization which currently permeates all human endeavors and life. However, the process of digitalizing human beings themselves, making them Transhuman and allowing the integration of the digital into every aspect of our daily life has made life both paradoxically appreciative and problematic as it increases the global nature of humanity and its endeavors, posing threats as well as benefits. Merging Transhumanism (H+) with the Digital Humanities (DH) may minimize those threats but the dual evolving human-technological thoughts have been hoofing at a distance to each other for decades whereas innately they share the same perceptions on the future of the digitalization and human beings. This paper is channeled towards breaking the barriers between the two through the help of the critical comparative lens from the conceptual theoretical framework called Digital Knowledge Integration (DKI) using hypothetic-deductive method of reading two e-literatures: Digital_Humanities by Anne Burdick, Johanna Drucker, Peter Lunenfeld, Todd Presner & Jeffrey Schnapp published in 2012 and The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science. Technology, and Philosophy of Human Future edited by Max More and Natasha Vita-More in 2013 including other literatures as we need them. This research is also aimed at integrating knowledge into singular model and raising scholarly debates on the new development.
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Kushnarov, Valerii. "Cyberpunk as a Metacultural Movement: Philosophical-Cultural Analysis." Culture and Arts in the Modern World, no. 24 (September 22, 2023): 40–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.31866/2410-1915.24.2023.287657.
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The aim of the article is to analyse the phenomenon of modern mass culture and during this analysis find out its ontological status including scientism-technological imperatives of cyberculture and ideas of transhumanism. Results. Cyberpunk is an interesting, functional and new (in comparison with classical examples) form of mass culture, cultural-ideological movement, and sphere of translation and the intersection of protest ideas and meanings, due to its genre and sectoral pluralism (science fiction, film industry, music, design, video games, fashion, ideology, etc.), and also logics of technodeterminism, is still an important factor of transformation cultural-art space in the 21st century. Scientific novelty. In the article, for the first time, realised the philosophical-cultural analysis of cyberpunk including its peculiarities as a literary genre, phenomenon of mass culture and aesthetics. Conclusions. It is proved that cyberpunk appeared as a genre of science fiction literature in the 1960s-1970s and then later through conceptualisation of ideas in the 80s and agreeing of transcendental impulses counterculture of the 60s with computerisation and the specifics of technological evolution in the 90s, has evolved to the level of a metacultural movement. As the latter, it encompasses the literary genre, the film and fashion industry, architecture and graphic design (with a special aesthetic), technoanthropology, futurology and identity theory, and ideological discourse. It is confirmed that thanks to protest as a manifestation of freedom, the actualisation of the problem of corporeality, and dystopian high-tech projections, with the help of postmodern relativism and poststructuralist rhizomorphism, cyberpunk annihilates modern cultural narratives, thus creating many risks, including the potential formation of pathological forms of identification, declarative asociality, and cyber-prosthetics, which often develop into horrific manifestations of dehumanisation.
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Gayozzo, Piero. "El Transhumanismo Ilustrado." Futuro Hoy 2, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.52749/fh.v2i2.3.
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El siguiente artículo propone la idea de que el transhumanismo no solo es un movimiento inspirado en la ilustración, sino que en su seno puede identificarse una corriente que actualiza los valores ilustrados para la Cuarta Revolución Industrial. Para sostener la hipótesis se revisó la literatura disponible sobre transhumanismo y se tomó como referencia la obra de algunos autores de la Ilustración francesa, entre ellos D’Holbach, Voltaire, Diderot, Condorcet y Helvétius. Se concluyó que los valores actualizados que propone el transhumanismo ilustrado son los siguientes: progreso en forma de evolución dirigida, libertad como libertad morfológica, igualdad como igualdad de consciencia, moral y tecnológica y finalmente el secularismo como la constante búsqueda por superar las supersticiones.
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Cuadrado Payeras, Lidia María. "On Sight, Technology, and Science Fiction: Transhumanist Visions in Contemporary Canadian Dystopia." 452ºF. Revista de Teoría de la literatura y Literatura Comparada, no. 27 (July 30, 2022): 220–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1344/452f.2022.27.12.
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This article examines a number of practices of observation as represented in contemporary Canadian dystopias in light of technological developments as seen by transhumanist thought. It argues that the transhumanist scopic practices that underlie their science-fictional imaginaries are in fact dystopian, and, as such, it takes examples from dystopian literature to illustrate how the nature of sight and seeing in the techno- and image-mediated context presents dangerous pitfalls for subject formation, identity politics, and agency. The article distinguishes between “vision” as a body of ideas and “sight” as the actual ways of seeing that may be reciprocal and create bonds of affectivity or, in the case of the transhumanist predicament, be instead founded on watching as the one-sided commodifying alternative.
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Arana, Juan. "Desafíos antropológicos del transhumanismo." Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica 78, no. 298 S. Esp (July 19, 2022): 485–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.14422/pen.v78.i298.y2022.010.
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En la literatura referente al transhumanismo hay mucho espacio dedicado a descripciones y taxonomías, pero escasa discusión en profundidad de las bases y límites de los planteamientos teóricos subyacentes. Los críticos apostan en demasía por los argumentos ad hominem, mientras que los partidarios se entretienen más de lo conveniente en exaltar las futuras prestaciones de un progreso exponencialmente acelerado. En este texto se intenta llevar a cabo una reflexión más serena, centrada en las nociones de «esencia humana», «naturalización» y «autoconciencia».
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Lorrimar, Victoria. "Human Technological Enhancement and Theological Anthropology." Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 75, no. 2 (September 2023): 120–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.56315/pscf9-23lorrimar.
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HUMAN TECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT AND THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY by Victoria Lorrimar. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 300 pages, bibliography, index. Hardcover; $120.00. ISBN: 9781316515020. *In her introduction, Victoria Lorrimar states that "The goal of this book is to deepen our understanding of human creativity from a theological perspective, and to resource Christian theology (and more broadly the church) for reflecting on the possibilities for enhancing human capabilities through (plausible or far-fetched) technologies (p. 8)." *Given the contemporary relevance of this topic, and that she writes "within an (assumed) understanding of salvation as effected by God and not by us" (p. 6), her work will be of special interest to a number of readers of this journal. *Lorrimar addresses the movement known as transhumanism and major themes associated with it: radical life extension, hedonic recalibration (replacement of pain and suffering by an abundance of "good" feelings), moral enhancement by technological or pharmacological means, and mind uploading. She notes that there is considerable diversity of aims within the transhumanist movement, and that not all those that endorse some of these enhancements would identify as transhumanists. *So how should Christian theology respond to technological enhancement of human beings? Lorrimar argues that the key is an understanding of human creativity in the context of the doctrine of creation, under the metaphor of "co-creation." She rejects the view prevalent in many Christian circles that human technological enhancement constitutes "playing God" and should therefore be dismissed out of hand. Instead, she explores two broader models that might assist with developing an appropriate theological response. *The first model she discusses is the "created co-creator" model proposed by Philip Hefner. After explicating the model through citations from Hefner's works, she observes that "his particular model contributes enormously to contemporary accounts that explicitly address questions of human technological enhancement" (p. 133). Yet, while acknowledging the fruitfulness of Hefner's model, Lorrimar also notes a number of places where Hefner's model diverges from traditional Christian understandings regarding God and the nature of sin and evil. She also critiques his model for "an overemphasis on rationality and neglect of the imagination" (p. 134). *Lorrimar devotes a chapter to the importance of the imagination, and also refers to fiction works--especially science fiction--throughout her book. She contends that because "the imagination takes a central place in ... transhumanist visions of the future ... a theological response will require attending to the imagination also" (p. 135), and later states "the central question of the present work is to consider how a greater focus on imagination might equip and expand current theological responses to the challenges of human enhancement" (p. 169). *She then proceeds to discuss a second theological model by drawing on the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, who created imaginative worlds within a framework which regarded each person as a "sub-creator." Lorrimar contends that this model provides a foundation for addressing questions that are rarely addressed in discussions of human enhancement such as "What is the good life?" and "What ought human flourishing to look like?" At the same time, the use of Tolkien's model is complicated by his overall negative view of humanity's preoccupation with technology, seeing it as tending to destroy virtue (exemplified, for example, by a character like Saruman in the Lord of the Rings trilogy). She cites with approval the assessment of Gregory Peterson: "To sub-create is to imitate or to work on what has already been thought out. It may imply initiative on the local level, but it reminds us that the master task always belongs to God. The implication of co-creator, however, is radically different, for it suggests that we are as much in control or responsible for creation as God is. It suggests that there is no blueprint for the future; the future is open, not determined (p. 201)." *In the last part of the book, Lorrimar develops a synthesis which draws on the strengths of both models as well as the work of others. "If a theology of humans as co-creators is to contribute to reflection on human enhancement technologies, it must be embedded within a context that attends to virtue" (p. 217). Lorrimar calls this synthesis "a vision of moral co-creation," which she develops in the form of ten commitments (stated in summary fashion on p. 297): "1. Humans are products of a creative "evolutionary" process. *2. Creativity is central to human agency and responsibility. *3. Human creativity is modeled on divine creativity. *4. Scientific insights should be respected and incorporated into an understanding and description of what it means to be human, without reducing theological and philosophical claims to scientific ones. *5. Technology is a legitimate exercise of human co-creativity. *6. Humans are storytellers and myth makers at their core, with narrative central to the way in which we understand the world. *7. The formation of the moral imagination requires our attention, including the diversity of stories which shape our moral imaginary. *8. Embodiment is crucial for imagination and understanding. *9. Technology must not instrumentalize non-human nature. *10. Elements of the vision of transcendence inherent in transhumanist thought can be reclaimed as central to a Christian imagination. *She then applies this synthesis to the various themes listed earlier that arise from human enhancement technologies. *This book grew out of the author's doctoral research under Alister McGrath at Oxford University, and that is arguably the source of a major weakness for the general reader. Of necessity, a doctoral dissertation must interact broadly with existing literature in the field; but for the reader who is not a specialist this can obscure the central ideas--at least that's what I found when reading the book, and one which I suspect other readers would be likely to experience as well. That having been said, the general question the book addresses is an important one, and Lorrimar's exploring of issues foundational to the development of a fruitful theological approach would likely be relevant to someone wishing to develop a theological response to some aspect of human enhancement. In my opinion, the Christian public would benefit more from a second book by this author that seeks to make the central ideas more accessible to the nonspecialist, perhaps drawing on emphases in her first and final two chapters. *Reviewed by Russell Bjork, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984.