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The Revolt Against Humanity - Imagining a Future Without Us (Paperback)
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Should we welcome the end of humanity? In this blistering book
about the history of an idea, one of our leading critics draws on
his dazzling range and calls our attention to a seemingly
inconceivable topic that is being seriously discussed: that the end
of humanity's reign on earth is imminent, and that we should
welcome it. Kirsch journeys through literature, philosophy,
science, and popular culture, to identify two strands of thinking:
Anthropocene antihumanism says that our climate destruction has
doomed humanity and we should welcome our extinction, while
Transhumanism believes that genetic engineering and artificial
intelligence will lead to new forms of life superior to humans.
Kirsch's introduction of thinkers and writers from Roger Hallam to
Jane Bennett, David Benatar to Nick Bostrom, Patricia MacCormack to
Ray Kurzweil, Ian McEwan to Richard Powers, will make you see the
current moment in a new light. The revolt against humanity has
already spread beyond the fringes of the intellectual world, and it
can transform politics and society in profound ways-if it hasn't
already.
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