Limits of Life: Reflections on Life, Death, and the Body in the Age of Technoscience

Limits of Life: Reflections on Life, Death, and the Body in the Age of Technoscience
by: Martin Eggen Mogseth (Editor),Fartein Hauan Nilsen (Editor)
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication Date: 2024/6/1
Language: English
Print Length: 156 pages
ISBN-10: 1805395688
ISBN-13: 9781805395683
Book Description
New technologies and scientific imagination rearrange the boundary that we identify as the beginning and end of life. New techno-social constellations, such as the ever-increasing presence of digital avatars and genetic screenings, implore us to reconsider and transcend the existing definitions of life and death. Through a multidisciplinary approach, this volume explores how the limitations and perceived finality of life and death are reconstituted through engagements with modern technology.
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New technologies and scientific imagination rearrange the boundary that we identify as the beginning and end of life. New techno-social constellations, such as the ever-increasing presence of digital avatars and genetic screenings, implore us to reconsider and transcend the existing definitions of life and death. Through a multidisciplinary approach, this volume explores how the limitations and perceived finality of life and death are reconstituted through engagements with modern technology. Read more