{"product_id":"transhumanism-nature-and-the-ends-of-science-paperback","title":"Transhumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Frodeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a social, political, and aesthetic critique of transhumanism and of the accelerating growth of scientific knowledge generally. Rather than improving our lives, science and technology today increasingly leave us debilitated and infantilized. It is time to restrain the runaway ambitions of technoscientific knowledge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe transhumanist goal of human enhancement encapsulates a range of dangerous social pathologies. Like transhumanism itself, these pathologies are rooted in, or in reaction to, the ethos of 'more'. It's a cultural love affair with excess, which is prompted by the libertarian standards of our cultural productions. But the attempt to live at the speed of an electron is destined for failure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response, the author offers a naturalistic account of human flourishing where we attend to the natural rhythms of life. The interdisciplinary orientation of \u003ci\u003eTranshumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science \u003c\/i\u003emakes it relevant to scholars and students across a wide range of disciplines, including social and political philosophy, philosophy of technology, science and technology studies, environmental studies, and public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Frodeman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Texas. He is the author and\/or editor of 16 books, including the \u003ci\u003eOxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSustainable Knowledge: A Theory of Interdisciplinarity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSocrates Tenured: The Institutions of 21st Century Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Adam Briggle). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52724114686259,"sku":"9781032092263","price":107.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aDFUZHFNd0JtWnNOOTBUMmVsaWRRQT09.webp?v=1763683228","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/transhumanism-nature-and-the-ends-of-science-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}