Euro-Transhumanism - by Stefan Lorenz Sorgner (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

What if the future of humanity wasn't driven by Silicon Valley's vision?

At the edge of its dissolution, European humanism faces profound challenges as AI, biotechnology and posthuman theory reshape what it means to be human. The classical ideals of truth, goodness and beauty -- once the moral and aesthetic compass of the European tradition -- are being twisted.

This book introduces the reader to Euro-Transhumanism--a distinctive, philosophically rich alternative to the individualistic, technocratic focus of classic transhumanism. It draws upon Europe's continental cultural tradition, rejects Eurocentrism, utopian fantasies and dualistic thinking, and explores pragmatic ways of increasing the diversity of personal flourishing.

This is a thought-provoking guide to critically reimagining our future.

Review Quotes

'Stefan Lorenz Sorgner's "Euro-Transhumanism" opens a new intellectual movement between progress and humility. It lays the foundation for a forward-looking humanism that understands innovation, technology and cultural creativity as vital forces of human flourishing. At the same time, it twists anthropocentrism, situating humans within a dynamic network of nature, culture and technique. In the spirit of Kant, Sorgner preserves the commitment to autonomy and reason, but emphasizes their contingency, extending their meaning by embracing change, diversity, and creative self-transformation. For the arts, this philosophy offers a liberation from paternalistic claims of validity. It unites the universalist idea of freedom with a renewed sensitivity to individuality, process and becoming -- a long-overdue philosophical plea for an aesthetics of the openness of being human.' Sven Helbig

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