Between an Animal and a Machine
The subject of this book is the philosophy of Stanisław Lem. The first part contains an analysis and interpretation of one of his early works, The Dialogues. The author tries to show how Lem used the terminology of cybernetics to create a project of sociology and anthropology. The second part examin...
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| description | The subject of this book is the philosophy of Stanisław Lem. The first part contains an analysis and interpretation of one of his early works, The Dialogues. The author tries to show how Lem used the terminology of cybernetics to create a project of sociology and anthropology. The second part examines Lem’s essay Summa technologiae, which is considered as the project of human autoevolution. The term «autoevolution» is a neologism for the concept of humans taking control over their own biological evolution and form in order to improve the conditions of their being. In this interpretation, Summa is an example of a liberal utopia, based on the assumption that all human problems can be resolved by science. Various social theories, which can be linked to the project of autoevolution, are presented in the final part. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-394682025-02-13T07:19:34Z Between an Animal and a Machine Majewski, Pawel Animal autoevolution cybernetics Kowalska Lem’s literary studies Machine Majewski Malgorzata Paweł posthumanism queer studies Stanisław Technological transhumanism Utopia thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups The subject of this book is the philosophy of Stanisław Lem. The first part contains an analysis and interpretation of one of his early works, The Dialogues. The author tries to show how Lem used the terminology of cybernetics to create a project of sociology and anthropology. The second part examines Lem’s essay Summa technologiae, which is considered as the project of human autoevolution. The term «autoevolution» is a neologism for the concept of humans taking control over their own biological evolution and form in order to improve the conditions of their being. In this interpretation, Summa is an example of a liberal utopia, based on the assumption that all human problems can be resolved by science. Various social theories, which can be linked to the project of autoevolution, are presented in the final part. 2021-02-10T15:05:37Z 2021-02-10T15:05:37Z 2020-12-21T09:52:26Z 2018 book ONIX_20201221_9783653068306_5 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45753 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39468 eng Modernity in Question open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45753/1/9783653068306.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45753/1/9783653068306.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/978-3-653-06830-6 10.3726/978-3-653-06830-6 44a712f0-ee17-4c08-a667-46effed595e7 246 Bern open access |
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