Longing for transcendence: Cyborgs and trans- and posthumans

• Main Authors: Vicini, Andrea, Brazal, Agnes M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Transhumanism—Religious aspects; Cyborgs; Technology—Religious aspects; Jesus Christ—Humanity; Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion; Science and Technology Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5810
• Institution: De La Salle University

Technology is transforming the human body into a cyborg by making it a part of cyber networks. Transhumanists and posthumanists argue that technology will enable humans to overcome bodily limitation by reaching a technological immortality. The authors discuss recent literature on anthropological app...