Transhumanism posits that humanity is on the verge of rapid evolutionary change as a result of emerging technologies and increased global consciousness. However, this insight is dismissed as a naive and controversial reframing of posthumanist thought, having also been vilified as “the most dangerous idea in the world” by Francis Fukuyama. In this book, Andrew Pilsch counters th...(展开全部)

本书的两位作者均为超人类主义领域的专家。R. U. 希利乌斯，即肯·戈夫曼（Ken Goffman）是一位作家兼编辑，也是数码领域的著名创新者。杰·康奈尔（Jay Cornell）是美国技术科技类杂志《h+》的创办人。

Why do people resort to plastic surgery to look young? Why are stepchildren at greatest risk of fatal abuse? Why do we prefer gossip to algebra? Why must Dogon wives live alone in a dark hut for five days a month? Why are young children good at learning language but not sharing? Over the past decade, psychologists and behavioral ecologists have been finding answers to such se...(展开全部)

From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what mak...(展开全部)

From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what mak...(展开全部)

- Invites the reader to explore the exciting boundaries of science - Provides an energetic romp through some of the most fascinating problems in evolutionary biology and psychology - Addresses questions such as why religion is a cross-cultural universal and why do humans love the arts? Why do men have shorter lifespans, and why do women have orgasms? For all that science knows ...(展开全部)

鲁思·列维塔斯 英国著名社会学家，布里斯托尔大学社会学系教授，欧洲乌托邦学会创始人之一、前任主席，威廉·莫里斯学会副主席。1949年生于英国伦敦，1979年起任教于布里斯托尔大学社会学系，曾担任该系主任。列维塔斯的乌托邦研究涵盖乌托邦思想史、乌托邦社会理论、乌托邦与音乐多个主题，在国际学界享有盛誉，其代表作《乌托邦之概念》（1990/2010）被视为当代乌托邦研究的基石。她在当代政治意识形态和话语、社会不平等、劳工等研究领域亦卓有建树，著有《包容性社会？社会排斥与新工党》（1998/2005）。2012年获北美乌托邦学会莱曼·托尔·萨金特杰出成就奖。

AJules Verne world of extraordinary visions and contraptions asportrayed by the top 30 artists in the genre Steampunk is a resurgent art, cult, and lowbrow movement celebrating the romantic elegance of the Victorian era and blending in modern scientific advances—synthesizing imaginative technologies such as steam-driven robots, analog supercomputers, and ultramodern di...(展开全部)

AJules Verne world of extraordinary visions and contraptions asportrayed by the top 30 artists in the genre Steampunk is a resurgent art, cult, and lowbrow movement celebrating the romantic elegance of the Victorian era and blending in modern scientific advances—synthesizing imaginative technologies such as steam-driven robots, analog supercomputers, and ultramodern di...(展开全部)

塞缪尔·莫恩，哈佛大学法学与历史学教授，曾任哥伦比亚大学历史系詹姆斯·布赖斯讲座教授，于2000年和2001年分别获得加州大学伯克利分校历史学博士和哈佛大学法律博士。主要研究欧洲现代思想史，偏重政治与法律思想、史学理论和犹太研究，近年来关注人权的历史研究。2008年获古根海姆奖金。参与编辑《人文》、《现代思想史》等学术杂志。著有《他者的起源》、《辩论大屠杀》、《最后的乌托邦》等。