Questioning Humanity: Being Human in a Posthuman Age

Thomas Osborne; Nikolas Rose

doi:10.4337/9781035309825

Questioning Humanity: Being Human in a Posthuman Age

Thomas Osborne, Nikolas Rose

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This visionary book questions what it means to be human today and in the future. Drawing on the natural, human and life sciences, Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose encourage us to reconsider the human condition and the ways in which humans are affected by their animality, technology and the prospect of their annihilation.

Original language	English
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Number of pages	218
ISBN (Electronic)	9781035309825
ISBN (Print)	9781035309818
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035309825
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2024

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