A gripping account of the Russian visionaries who are pursuing human immortality
As long as we have known death, we have dreamed of life without end. In The Future of Immortality, Anya Bernstein explores the contemporary Russian communities of visionaries and utopians who are pressing at the very limits of the human.
The Future of Immortality profiles a diverse cast of characters, from the owners of a small cryonics outfit to scientists inaugurating the field of biogerontology, from grassroots neurotech enthusiasts to believers in the Cosmist ideas of the Russian Orthodox thinker Nikolai Fedorov. Bernstein puts their debates and polemics in the context of a long history of immortalist thought in Russia, with global implications that reach to Silicon Valley and beyond. If aging is a curable disease, do we have a moral obligation to end the suffering it causes? Could immortality be the foundation of a truly liberated utopian society extending beyond the confines of the earth--something that Russians, historically, have pondered more than most? If life without end requires radical genetic modification or separating consciousness from our biological selves, how does that affect what it means to be human?
As vividly written as any novel, The Future of Immortality is a fascinating account of techno-scientific and religious futurism--and the ways in which it hopes to transform our very being.
Автор: Coulter-Harris Deborah M. Название: Chasing Immortality in World Religions ISBN: 0786497920 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786497928 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5821.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Humans have been chasing immortality since the beginning of history. Analysing ideas from ancient Sumer, Egypt, Greece and India, as well as the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this study explores how early religious models influenced later beliefs about immortality, the afterlife, the human soul, resurrection, and reward and punishment.
Автор: Paul Badham Название: Immortality or Extinction? ISBN: 0333259335 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333259337 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 21343.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Nikhilananda Название: Man in Search of Immortality ISBN: 0367146878 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367146870 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 14545.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book, first published in 1968, comprises five articles on the immortality of the soul. According to Hindu tradition this immortality cannot be proved by the scientific method of reasoning - it is based upon scriptural evidence and on the direct experience of enlightened souls.
Автор: Harrison, Jonathan Название: God, Freedom and Immortality ISBN: 1138314722 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138314726 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8420.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Published in 1999, this text offers a comprehensive treatment of the Philosophy of Religion. Its overall conclusions are that, though there is no reason to suppose there is a God, doing something that is not quite believing in God, who, as some mystics think - neither exists nor does not exist, may be valuable for some people.
Описание: In recent years, ideas of post- and transhumanism have been popularized by novels, TV series and Hollywood movies. According to this radical perspective, humankind and all biological life have become obsolete. Traditional forms of life are inefficient to process information and too inept at crossing the high frontier: outer space. While humankind can expect to be replaced by their own artificial progeny, post-humanists assume that they will become an immortal part of a transcendent superintelligence. Kr ger's award-winning study examines the historical and philosophical context of these futuristic promises by Ray Kurzweil, Nick Bostrom, Frank Tipler, and other posthumanist thinkers.
Автор: Nikhilananda, Swami Название: Man in Search of Immortality ISBN: 0367146932 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367146931 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5358.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book, first published in 1968, comprises five articles on the immortality of the soul. According to Hindu tradition this immortality cannot be proved by the scientific method of reasoning - it is based upon scriptural evidence and on the direct experience of enlightened souls.
Автор: MacKenzie W. Douglas Название: Man`s Consciousness of Immortality ISBN: 0674334329 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674334328 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 8966.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Moore Clifford Herschel Название: Pagan Ideas of Immortality During the Early Roman Empire ISBN: 0674336283 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674336285 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 8966.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Byerly T. Ryan Название: Death, Immortality, and Eternal Life ISBN: 0367527901 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367527907 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6276.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers a multifaceted exploration of death and the possibilities for an afterlife. By incorporating a variety of approaches to these subjects, it provides a unique framework for extending and reshaping enduring philosophical debates around human existence up to and after death.
Автор: R.W. Perrett Название: Death and Immortality ISBN: 9401080771 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401080774 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6097.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The research for this work was undertaken during my tenure of a Senior Tutor- ship in the Faculty of Arts and Music at the University of Otago (1983-85). the late Jim Harvie, both for his valuable suggestions (particularly regarding the material of Chapter 4) and for his encouraging enthusiasm for the whole project;
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