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Do technologies advance our self-identities, as they do our bodies, cognitive skills, and the next developmental stage called postpersonal? Did we already manage to be fully human, before becoming posthuman? Are we doomed to disintegration and episodic selfhood? This book examines the impact of radical technopoiesis on our selves from a multidisciplinary perspective, including the health humanities, phenomenology, the life sciences and humanoid AI (artificial intelligence) ethics. Surprisingly, our body representations show more plasticity than scholarly concepts and sociocultural narratives. Our embodied selves can withstand transplants, bionic prostheses and radical somatechnics, but to remain autonomous and authentic, our agential potentials must be strengthened – and this is not through ‘psychosurgery’ and the brain–computer interface.

Self (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- “Posthuman”? --- Advancing --- body image --- embodied self --- Human --- Nowak --- organism --- pothumanism --- self-identity --- Technologies --- technopoiesis

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"This book presents an increased understanding and appreciation of how interconnected climate and humans are and offers strategies for coping and adapting to the distressing realities of climate change. In this innovative and empowering study, Blanche Verlie draws on more-than-human and affect theory to argue that if we are to become climate change responsible, we need to learn to 'live-with' climate change and achieve an increased appreciation of the interconnected nature of existence. Engaging with ethnographic case study research from an undergraduate course on climate change in Melbourne and the ongoing School Strikes 4 Climate, the book explores the cultural and sociological dimensions of climate change grief and distress. Focusing specifically on young people, Verlie examines the impact this grief can have on personal identity and relationships and offers pragmatic guidance for making sense of, responding to and living with climate change, without reasserting a domineering, individualistic worldview. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental sociology, cultural studies and environmental psychology"-- Provided by publisher.

Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Climate change. --- Human beings --- Communication in social action. --- Effect of climate on. --- Climate change;Environmental activism;More-than-human;Posthuman;School Strike 4 Climate --- Climatic changes.

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We live in the digital age where our sense of self and identity has moved beyond the body to encompass hardware and software. Cyborgs, online representations in social media, avatars, and virtual reality extend our notion of what it means to be human. This book looks at the progression of self from the biological to the technological using a multidisciplinary approach. It examines the notion of personhood from philosophical, psychological, neuroscience, robotics, and artificial intelligence perspectives, showing how the interface between bodies, brains, and technology can give rise to new forms of human identity. Jay Friedenberg presents the content in an organized and easy-to-understand fashion to facilitate learning. A gifted researcher, author, and classroom teacher, he is one of the most influential voices in the field of artificial psychology.

Self-presentation. --- Identity (Psychology) --- Brain. --- artificial intelligence. --- artificial psychology. --- artificial self. --- avatars. --- biology. --- biotech. --- body. --- brain. --- cyborg. --- digital age. --- digital identity. --- digital lives. --- digital self. --- embodiment. --- future selves. --- human identity. --- identity. --- neuroscience. --- nonfiction. --- online lives. --- online self. --- personhood. --- posthuman. --- postmodern. --- psychology. --- robotics. --- science. --- self. --- social media. --- software. --- stem. --- technology. --- virtual reality. --- virtual worlds.

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In Singular Creatures Mark Kingwell plumbs the depths of cultural and political meaning in the apparent transition to posthuman life. Can humans and their own creations co-exist in a cyberflesh world, or is a struggle for superiority inevitable? Singular Creatures is an attempt at sketching the field before any deadly battle is joined.

Artificial intelligence. --- Human beings --- Technology --- Philosophy. --- AI. --- Alien. --- Alienation. --- Allegory. --- Anxiety. --- Artifacts. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Biological. --- Black Mirror. --- Blade Runner. --- Entities. --- Ex Machina. --- Fear. --- Frankenstein. --- Her. --- Intelligent. --- Karel Capek. --- Life. --- Lifeform. --- Monster. --- Overlord. --- Political. --- Posthuman. --- RUR. --- Robot. --- Rossums Universal. --- Singularity. --- Star. --- Subjugates. --- Superior. --- Technology. --- Terminator. --- Trek. --- Worker. --- consciousness. --- consumption. --- cultural. --- cyberflesh. --- dreams. --- forced labour. --- golem. --- happiness. --- hopes. --- humans. --- machines. --- non-human. --- production. --- purpose. --- real. --- revolt. --- sentient. --- speculative. --- violence.

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This book explores activism, research and critique in the age of digital subjects and objects and Big Data capitalism after a digital turn said to have radically transformed our political futures. Optimists assert that the ‘digital’ promises: new forms of community and ways of knowing and sensing, innovation, participatory culture, networked activism, and distributed democracy. Pessimists argue that digital technologies have extended domination via new forms of control, networked authoritarianism and exploitation, dehumanization and the surveillance society. Leading international scholars present varied interdisciplinary assessments of such claims—in theory and via dialogue—and of the digital’s impact on society, the potentials, pitfalls, limits and ideologies, of digital activism. They reflect on whether computational social science, digital humanities and ubiquitous datafication lead to digital positivism that threatens critical research or lead to new horizons in theory and society.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Sociology of work --- Political sociology --- Computer. Automation --- Internet --- Internet and activism --- Political participation --- Political activists --- Big data --- Political aspects --- Technological innovations --- Political activists. --- Internet and activism. --- Political aspects. --- Technological innovations. --- Sociology --- Big Data --- posthuman --- labour --- political economy --- activism --- politics --- digital capitalism --- theory --- anthropocene --- Activists, Political --- Persons --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Politics, Practical --- Activism and the Internet --- Activism