Cyborg Selves: A Theological Anthropology of the Posthuman

Cyborg Selves: A Theological Anthropology of the Posthuman
ISBN-10
1317155165
ISBN-13
9781317155164
Category
Religion
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2016-05-13
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Jeanine Thweatt-Bates

Description

What is the 'posthuman'? Is becoming posthuman inevitable-something which will happen to us, or something we will do to ourselves? Why do some long for it, while others fearfully reject it? These questions underscore the fact that the posthuman is a name for the unknown future, and therefore, not a single idea but a jumble of competing visions - some of which may be exciting, some of which may be frightening, and which is which depends on who you are, and what you desire to be. This book aims to clarify current theological and philosophical dialogue on the posthuman by arguing that theologians must pay attention to which form of the posthuman they are engaging, and to demonstrate that a 'posthuman theology' is not only possible, but desirable, when the vision of the posthuman is one which coincides with a theological vision of the human.

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