Abou Farman

On Not Dying

Secular Immortality in the Age of Technoscience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An ethnographic exploration of technoscientific immortality Immortality has long been considered the domain of religion. But immortality projects have gained increasing legitimacy and power in the world of science and technology. With recent rapid advances in biology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, secular immortalists hope for an

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 138mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781517908102
• ISBN-10: 1517908108
• Artikelnr.: 59407718

Autorenporträt

Abou Farman is assistant professor of anthropology at the New School for Social Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface: Realm of the Possible
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Problems of Discontinuity and Indeterminacy in a Secular
World
1. After Life: Varieties of Immortality in the Secular World
2. Immortalism: The History of a Futuristic Movement
3. Suspension: Stretching Time between the Finite and the Infinite
4. Deanimation: Matter, Materialism, and Personhood beyond Death
5. Convergence: Secular Solipsism and the Mind of the Cosmos
6. Progress and Despair: The Perverse Dialectics of Immortality as
Techno-Civilizing Mission
Notes
Bibliography
Index