Technocene - Reflections on Bodies, Minds, and Markets

Informationen zum Autor S. Ravi Rajan is professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. Klappentext Hermínio Martins was a distinguished Portuguese sociologist. 'The Technocene' is a selection of some of the most important philosophical essays - a few unpublished - that he wrote following retirement from the University of Oxford. The essays address the ethical and societal consequences of the commoditization of the human body and mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Editor's Introduction: Hermínio Martins and the Technocene; 1. The Technocene: On Bodies, Minds and Markets; 2. Technology Sublime: Paths to the Post-Human; 3. Perpetual Augmentation: From Eugenics to Human Genetic Capitalism; 4. The Body Vanishes! Momenta of Discarnation in Technoscience Today; 5. When Universities Become Body-Shops; Select Bibliography of Hermínio Martins's Works; Index.

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• Authors: Herminio Martins, Hermínio Martins
• Assisted by: Danielle Crawford (Editor), S Ravi Rajan (Editor), S. Ravi Rajan (Editor), Rajan S. Ravi (Editor)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781783088324
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-832-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy