Crafting Humans

£46.49 £61.99

Crafting Humans

Name: Crafting Humans
Brand: Brill Deutschland GmbH
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From Genesis to Eugenics and Beyond

Written by Marius Turda, Sorin Antohi, Chun-chieh Huang and Jörn Rüsen

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‘Crafting humans’ – and its corollary human enhancement – is a contested topic, both in medical sciences and the humanities. With continuing advances in science and technology, scientists and the general public alike are aware that the basic foundations of the human condition are now at stake. This volume contributes to this growing body of work. It offers insights into some of the reflections and imaginaries that have inspired and legitimated both theoretical and practical programmes for ‘crafting’ humans, ranging from the religious/spiritualist and the philosophical/cultural to the secular and the scientific/scientistic; from the religious and mystical quest for human perfection to the biopolitical eugenic state of the twentieth century, and current theories of human enhancement. This volume discusses these topics in a synchronized way, as interrelated variants of the most central story in history, that of human perfectibility.

ISBN-13: 9783847100591
Publisher: V&R unipress
Imprint: Brill Deutschland GmbH
Publication date: 13 March 2013
Format: Hardback
Pages: 197
Dimensions: 245 x 163 mm
Language: English