Transhumanism's WEIRD Religion: On the Ontotheological Morality of the Posthuman
While transhumanism is a technoscientific cultural movement, it is also a cultural movement, intimately linked to some to a WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich, Democratic) social imaginary. As such, transhumanism is intimately tied to the morality and political economy of WEIRD societies. I...
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Mohr Siebeck
2023
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Philosophy, theology and the sciences
Year: 2023, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 175-198 |
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Technoscientific ontotheology
B Transhumanism B Technological mythology B Technoscientific religion B WEIRD religion |
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