Hunting Tiamat: A Genealogy of a Transhumanist Ontology

A common narrative about secular transhumanism is that has taken shape in the past hundred or so years with philosophical roots that only go back as far as the Enlightenment. I challenge this narrative by tracing a genealogy of this kind of transhumanism's ontology. My purpose is to question th...

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Main Author: Parks, Benjamin N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Mohr Siebeck 2023
In: Philosophy, theology and the sciences
Year: 2023, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 154-174
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
FA Theology
NBD Doctrine of Creation
NBE Anthropology
TA History
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Theogony
B Transhumanism
B Heraclitus
B Nietzsche
B Ontology
B Chaoskampf
B Extropy
B Enuma elis
B Power
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Summary:A common narrative about secular transhumanism is that has taken shape in the past hundred or so years with philosophical roots that only go back as far as the Enlightenment. I challenge this narrative by tracing a genealogy of this kind of transhumanism's ontology. My purpose is to question the common narrative that transhumanism is a new way of thinking about and approaching the human by situating transhumanism in a greater historical context. The myth in which transhumanism is rooted is the Chaoskampf, 'struggle with chaos,' a motif found in many ancient mythologies. That is not to say that this transhumanist ontology is exactly like the Chaoskampf, but it is a revitalization and readaptation of the Chaoskampf for the present age.
ISSN:2197-2834
Contains:Enthalten in: Philosophy, theology and the sciences
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1628/ptsc-2023-0019