The Penalty of Adams: On False Symmetry between Transhumanism and Antihumanism in Adam Kirsch’s
The Revolt Against Humanity
and Adam Becker’s
More Everything Forever
Aug 2026· Journal of Posthuman Studies· Vol 10, pp. 5-26· 0 citations· 11 references
Abstract
A new wave of debate placing transhumanism in the context of the Anthropocene is ongoing. Using two recent wide-ranging books on the subject as a provocation, this article argues that the attempt to create a kind of symmetry between transhumanism and antihumanism is at the very frontline of this contemporary debate, displacing the classical bioethical concerns that were deployed against transhumanism around the turn of the century. This new set of critical ideas, however, fare no better as far as the substance of the arguments deployed is concerned. Still, their cultural impact should not be discounted and should be taken into account in assessing the prospects and strategies of contemporary transhumanism and even more general future-positive thinking.
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V. V. Chernyshenko· Abyss (Studies in Philosophy...· 0 citations
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