Transhumanism as a new social movement : the techno-centred imagination /
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| Author / Creator: | MacFarlane, James Michael. |
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| Imprint: | Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( 245 p..) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and Its Successors Palgrave studies in the future of humanity and its successors. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12554935 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Chapter 1: The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly over the Edge?
- 1.1 Background for Study
- 1.2 Motivations/Key Contributions
- 1.2.1 Motivations
- 1.2.2 Key Contributions
- 1.3 Overview of Thesis
- References
- Chapter 2: Moving Beyond Humanism: A Review of Literature
- 2.1 Self-Identity, Framing and Narrative in 'New' Social Movement Theory
- 2.1.1 'New' Social Movement Theory: A Post-War Paradigmatic Shift Towards Identity
- 2.1.2 'New' Social Movement Analysis: Framing, Narrative and the ARRR Model
- Framing Theory/Narrative Analysis
- The ARRR Classification Scheme of Social Movement Objectives
- 2.2 Contested Transhumanisms: Internal Versus External Histories
- 2.2.1 Prelude: 'Proto-transhumanists' and Etymology of the Term Transhumanism
- 2.2.2 From Evolutionary View to Philosophical Position: The Formalisation of Transhumanist-Extropianism in the 1990s
- 2.3 Mobilisations: Techno-Utopian Collective Action Frames?
- 2.3.1 Early Transhumanist Organisations in the Twenty-First Century: 1998-2008
- 2.3.2 Party Politicisation of Transhumanism: 2014-Present
- 2.3.3 Technologised Collective Action Frames and Science as a Social Movement
- 2.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3: Methods and Methodology
- 3.1 Conceptual Framework: Imagining the 'Unsited Field'
- 3.1.1 'Doing' Multi-sited Ethnographically Inspired Work
- 3.1.2 Selections: Choosing Sites and Subjects
- 3.2 Research Practice: Moving Between Sites and Subjects
- 3.2.1 Overview of Fieldwork Activities
- 3.2.2 Interventions
- 3.3 Processing Data: Crafting an Analytic Narrative
- 3.3.1 Principles of Analysis
- 3.3.2 Method of Analysis
- 3.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4: Constituents
- 4.1 Demographics: The Presentation of Self in Offline/Online Spaces
- 4.1.1 The Range of Constituents: Observed
- 4.1.2 The Range: Self-Described
- 4.2 Memetic Travel and Standards: Networked Propagation of an Idea (l)......
- 4.2.1 Memetic Travel
- 4.2.2 Standards
- 4.3 Affinity: Boundaries, Inclusivity and Social Integration
- 4.3.1 Boundaries
- 4.3.2 Inclusivity
- 4.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5: Mobilisations
- 5.1 TELOS: Modelling the 'Objectivisation' of Human Enhancement
- 5.1.1 Networked Advocate Taxonomy of THE
- 5.2 IN POTENTIA: The Possibilities Inscribed Within Technology
- 5.2.1 The Three S's
- Super-Intelligence
- Super-Longevity
- Super-Wellbeing
- 5.3 VIA: Travelling Through, En Route
- 5.3.1 Continuity Versus Cessation
- 5.3.2 Milestones
- 5.4 TECHNE: The Artful 'Craft' of Transhumanism
- 5.4.1 The Importance of Public Image
- 5.4.2 THEA as Techno-Humanistic Narrative-Building
- 5.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Politics
- 6.1 ATROPHY: The Disintegration and Inertia of Contemporary Politics
- 6.1.1 Inadequacy of Party Politics
- 6.1.2 Relevance of Party Politics?
