Humanity 2.0

Author: Steve Fuller
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0230233430

Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future

Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: what does it mean to be 'human' in the 21st century? As definitions between what is 'animal' and what is 'human' break down, and as emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and nano- and bio- technologies develop, accepted notions of humanity are rapidly evolving. Download Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared.
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Humanity 2.0 is an ambitious and groundbreaking book, offering a sweeping overview of key historical, philosophical and theological moments that have shaped our understandings of humanity.A Tackling head on the twin taboos that have always hovered over the scientific study of humanity - race and religion - Steve Fuller argues thar far from disappearing, they are being reinvented.A
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