War on the human : new responses to an ever-present debate /

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Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Description:1 online resource (vi, 324 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11911185
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Other authors / contributors:Tsimpouki, Theodora, editor.
Blatanis, Konstantinos, 1966- editor.
Dini, Rachele, editor.
ISBN:9781443893787
1443893781
1443872776
9781443872775
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The essays in this collection explore the question of the human, both as a contested concept and as it relates to, and functions within, the wider global conjuncture. The authors explore the theoretical underpinnings of the term "human," inviting the reader to reflect upon the contemporary human condition, to identify opportunities and threats in the changes ahead, and to determine what aspects of our species we should abandon or strive to maintain. The volume approaches these ideas from a myriad of perspectives, but the authors are united in their abstention from rejecting humanism outright o.
Other form:Print version: War on the human. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 1443872776