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Prosthetic Immortalities
Biology, Transhumanism, and the Search for Indefinite Life
Taschenbuch von Adam R Rosenthal
Sprache: Englisch

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"Prosthetic Immortalities examines the persistence of humans' aspirations of deathlessness, showing that the link between immortalization and prostheticization is a ubiquitous element of the discourse of immortality. Arguing that the discovery of biological immortals, such as cancer cells and bacteria, present novel conceptual difficulties for traditional philosophical approaches to mortality and selfhood, Adam R. Rosenthal asks whether it is life itself that first births immortalizing prostheses"--
"Prosthetic Immortalities examines the persistence of humans' aspirations of deathlessness, showing that the link between immortalization and prostheticization is a ubiquitous element of the discourse of immortality. Arguing that the discovery of biological immortals, such as cancer cells and bacteria, present novel conceptual difficulties for traditional philosophical approaches to mortality and selfhood, Adam R. Rosenthal asks whether it is life itself that first births immortalizing prostheses"--
Über den Autor

Adam R. Rosenthal is associate professor of global languages and cultures at Texas A&M University. He is author of Poetics and the Gift: Reading Poetry from Homer to Derrida.

David Wills is professor of French studies at Brown University and author of Prosthesis, also published by the University of Minnesota Press.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781517916589
ISBN-10: 1517916585
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Rosenthal, Adam R
Hersteller: University of Minnesota Press
Maße: 139 x 216 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Adam R Rosenthal
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2024
Gewicht: 0,444 kg
Artikel-ID: 129234430
Über den Autor

Adam R. Rosenthal is associate professor of global languages and cultures at Texas A&M University. He is author of Poetics and the Gift: Reading Poetry from Homer to Derrida.

David Wills is professor of French studies at Brown University and author of Prosthesis, also published by the University of Minnesota Press.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781517916589
ISBN-10: 1517916585
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Rosenthal, Adam R
Hersteller: University of Minnesota Press
Maße: 139 x 216 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Adam R Rosenthal
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2024
Gewicht: 0,444 kg
Artikel-ID: 129234430
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