Cyborg Theology: Humans, Technology and God
Autor Dr. Scott A. Midsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 oct 2017
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781784537876
ISBN-10: 178453787X
Pagini: 266
Ilustrații: 25 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 178453787X
Pagini: 266
Ilustrații: 25 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
INTRODUCTION
Why Cyborgs and Theology?
Technologies and theologies
What is a cyborg?
Engaging theology with the cyborg
Theoretical foundations: (Hi)stories
PART I
1. Imago Dei: Anthropogeny & Theological Anthropology
What does it mean to be 'human'?
Theological models of the human
Substantive interpretations: Essentially human?
Functional models: Performing the human?
Relational models: Assembling the human?
Beyond relational models: Critiquing the human?
2. Nature & Human Nature
Nature, humans, technology
Nature and otherness: Eden
Nature and humanness (1): Imago dei
Nature and humanness (2): Freedom and Fall
Nature-as-essence: Substantive interpretations
3. Posthumanism: The End(s) of the Human?
Pluralising the posthuman
Expansions of the human: Transhumans
Limits of the human: Evolutionary posthumans
Querying the human: Critical post/humans
Alternative articulations of the human: Cyborgs
PART II
4. Cybernetics and Organisms: Fusions
Systems and cyborgs
Astronautic cyborgs
'Healthy' cyborgs
SF cyborgs
5. Figurative Cyborgs: Confusions
Non-teleological cyborgs
We, cyborgs
Natural-born cyborgs
Post-cyborgs?
PART III
6. Creation, Creatures and Creativity
Creative cyborgs and created co-creators
Imago dei and creativity
Cyborgs, god(s), and goddesses
7. Eden: Return or Refigure?
Ruptures: Eden/cyborgs
Continuities: Eden-cyborgs
Implosions: Cyborgs in the garden
Articulations: Return to Eden?
viii Cyborg Theology
CONCLUSION
Doing Difference Differently: Towards a
Cyborg Theology
Cyborgisation
Fabulation
Implosion
Why Cyborgs and Theology?
Technologies and theologies
What is a cyborg?
Engaging theology with the cyborg
Theoretical foundations: (Hi)stories
PART I
1. Imago Dei: Anthropogeny & Theological Anthropology
What does it mean to be 'human'?
Theological models of the human
Substantive interpretations: Essentially human?
Functional models: Performing the human?
Relational models: Assembling the human?
Beyond relational models: Critiquing the human?
2. Nature & Human Nature
Nature, humans, technology
Nature and otherness: Eden
Nature and humanness (1): Imago dei
Nature and humanness (2): Freedom and Fall
Nature-as-essence: Substantive interpretations
3. Posthumanism: The End(s) of the Human?
Pluralising the posthuman
Expansions of the human: Transhumans
Limits of the human: Evolutionary posthumans
Querying the human: Critical post/humans
Alternative articulations of the human: Cyborgs
PART II
4. Cybernetics and Organisms: Fusions
Systems and cyborgs
Astronautic cyborgs
'Healthy' cyborgs
SF cyborgs
5. Figurative Cyborgs: Confusions
Non-teleological cyborgs
We, cyborgs
Natural-born cyborgs
Post-cyborgs?
PART III
6. Creation, Creatures and Creativity
Creative cyborgs and created co-creators
Imago dei and creativity
Cyborgs, god(s), and goddesses
7. Eden: Return or Refigure?
Ruptures: Eden/cyborgs
Continuities: Eden-cyborgs
Implosions: Cyborgs in the garden
Articulations: Return to Eden?
viii Cyborg Theology
CONCLUSION
Doing Difference Differently: Towards a
Cyborg Theology
Cyborgisation
Fabulation
Implosion