The Transhumanistic Culture: Creating a New Human Body. Cover Image

Transhumanistinė kultūra ir naujojo kūrno kūrimas.
The Transhumanistic Culture: Creating a New Human Body.

Author(s): Remigijus Venckus
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Keywords: Transhumanistic culture; human body.

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a discussion of modern technology and artistic creation relationship underlying the discovery and development of new bodily physical and mental potential. The article discusses / analyses the transhumanistic idea, the evolutionary stages of transhumanism, relations between human artistic creation and technical culture, and the scalability of bodily physical and mental potential. The focus is on the genetic engineering project and the relationship between plastic surgery, cloning, and artistic creation. Different value code-sharing opportunities determining the course of the body design project are discussed.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 84-91
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English