Preparing for Life in Humanity 2.0

Hardback

Main Details

Title Preparing for Life in Humanity 2.0
Authors and Contributors      By (author) S. Fuller
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:117
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9781137277060
ClassificationsDewey:301.01
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations VI, 117 p.; VI, 117 p.

Publishing Details

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint Palgrave Pivot
Publication Date 30 October 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Developing directly from Fuller's recent book Humanity 2.0, this is the first book to seriously consider what a 'post-' or 'trans'-' human state of being might mean for who we think we are, how we live, what we believe and what we aim to be.

Author Biography

Steve Fuller is Augustus Comte Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK.He is author of eighteen books including Humanity 2.0: What It Means to be Human Past, Present and Future, Dissent over Descent: Intelligent Design's Challenge to Darwinism, Kuhn vs Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science, The Intellectual and Science vs Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution. His work has been translated into twenty languages.

Reviews

'Fuller is the closest thing to a Foucault writing today in the English language.' - Metascience