Future of Immortality - Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia

Zusatztext "A magic dwells. . . By holding these different viewpoints up against each other, [and] Bernstein shows us just how intricate the question of what makes us human really is." ---Justine Buck Quijada, Politics, Religion, & Ideology Informationen zum Autor Anya Bernstein is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University and the author of Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism . Klappentext A gripping account of the Russian visionaries who are pursuing human immortalityAs long as we have known death, we have dreamed of life without end. In The Future of Immortality, Anya Bernstein explores the contemporary Russian communities of visionaries and utopians who are pressing at the very limits of the human. The Future of Immortality Zusammenfassung A gripping account of the Russian visionaries who are pursuing human immortalityAs long as we have known death, we have dreamed of life without end. In The Future of Immortality, Anya Bernstein explores the contemporary Russian communities of visionaries and utopians who are pressing at the very limits of the human.The Future of Immortality

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Anya Bernstein, Bernstein Anya
• Edition: Princeton University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780691182605
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18260-5
• Pages: 296
• Thème: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; Russia, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and cultural anthropology, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies