Dominique Janicaud

On the Human Condition

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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 P… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-134-33618-0
EAN: 9781134336180
Produktnummer: 14484937
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 543 KB

Über den Autor

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.