Dreams and fantasies of immorality date back to the first human
being who was expelled from the Garden of Eden and fell into time,
as Augustine recounts. Falling into time, into mortality, living
with the consciousness of death and the decline of the body, bear a
terrifying—and yet for some pacifying—burden that comes with
the weight of being human. Today, with the advancement of
technology, accompanied by the emergence of trends such as
posthumanism and transhumanism, the idea of overcoming death is
presented as no longer a mere fantasy, but a legitimate discursive
stance. While death is often seen as the Muse of philosophy, what
would it mean (philosophically and psychically) to live in a world
where death is no longer necessary? After Life: Recent Philosophy
and Death is a collection of 11 essays addressing the place of
death and its denial from a philosophical, psychoanalytic and
literary perspectives. This collection offers contemporary and
fresh insights on these timely questions. It was originally
published as a special issue of Angelaki.
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