Given who is editing the volume below -- and who is and is not contributing -- I predict that the volume will be very unfavorable to transhumanism.<br><br>--Max<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/2/22 Stefano Vaj <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stefano.vaj@gmail.com">stefano.vaj@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Fantastic. If it is true that imitation <span>is the sincerest form of flattery, this is almost embarassing, because both the formula *and* the message is almost identical to that of <a href="http://www.divenire.org" target="_blank"><i>Divenire. Rassegna di Studi Interdisciplinari sulla Tecnica e il Postumano</i></a>, which appears not to be anymore the only H+-oriented continental theoretical journal:<br>
<br>"</span><span><i></i></span><b>Humanism, which is characterized by the special status of human beings
within the world, i.e. human beings do not differ gradually but
categorically from other natural beings, is in a crisis</b>. It gets
attacked from various directions. Basically, it is possible to
distinguish two main movements which try to transcend Humanism: Trans-
and Posthumanism. In the book series <i>Beyond Humanism: Trans- and Posthumanism / Jenseits des Humanismus: Trans- und Posthumanismus</i>,
monographs and essay collections can get published which discuss
aspects of this range of topics historically or systematically."
<br><br>A not-so-trivial difference, besides the language (but Divenire is gradually going to translate most stuff in English) is the... price (around 80 Euros!). But, hey, nobody ever said that overcoming humanism is inexpensive. :-)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Hughes, James J.</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:James.Hughes@trincoll.edu" target="_blank">James.Hughes@trincoll.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: 21 February 2012 20:43<br>Subject: Publication: Building Better Humans?<br>To: "<a href="mailto:ieet-news@ieet.org" target="_blank">ieet-news@ieet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ieet-news@ieet.org" target="_blank">ieet-news@ieet.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:euro-transhumanists@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">euro-transhumanists@googlegroups.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:euro-transhumanists@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">euro-transhumanists@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
<br><br><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p><u></u><img src="" height="617" hspace="12" width="433" align="left"><u></u><a href="http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=62785&cid=5&concordeid=263513" target="_blank">http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=62785&cid=5&concordeid=263513</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<h3>Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava / Mossman, Kenneth L. (eds.)<u></u><u></u></h3><h3><span>Building Better Humans? Refocusing the Debate on Transhumanism <u></u><u></u></span></h3><p>Series: <a href="http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=series&pk=19458&concordeid=BEYHU" title="Beyond Humanism: Trans- and Posthumanism / Jenseits des Humanismus: Trans- und Posthumanismus" target="_blank">Beyond Humanism: Trans- and Posthumanism / Jenseits des Humanismus: Trans- und Posthumanismus</a> - Volume 3 <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>2012 <u></u><u></u></p><p>Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 520 pp.<br>ISBN 978-3-631-63513-1 hb. <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p>
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-- <br>Stefano Vaj<br>
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