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This volume engages with post-humanist and transhumanist approaches
to present an original exploration of the question of how humankind
will fare in the face of artificial intelligence. With emerging
technologies now widely assumed to be calling into question
assumptions about human beings and their place within the world,
and computational innovations of machine learning leading some to
claim we are coming ever closer to the long-sought artificial
general intelligence, it defends humanity with the argument that
technological 'advances' introduced artificially into some humans
do not annul their fundamental human qualities. Against the
challenge presented by the possibility that advanced artificial
intelligence will be fully capable of original thinking, creative
self-development and moral judgement and therefore have claims to
legal rights, the authors advance a form of 'essentialism' that
justifies providing a 'decent minimum life' for all persons. As
such, while the future of the human is in question, the authors
show how dispensing with either the category itself or the
underlying reality is a less plausible solution than is often
assumed.
As social media is increasingly becoming a standard feature of
sociological practice, this timely book rethinks the role of these
mediums in public sociology and what they can contribute to the
discipline in the post-COVID world. It reconsiders the history and
current conceptualizations of what sociology is, and analyzes what
kinds of social life emerge in and through the interactions between
'intellectuals', 'publics' and 'platforms' of communication.
Cutting across multiple disciplines, this pioneering work envisions
a new kind of public sociology that brings together the digital and
the physical to create public spaces where critical scholarship and
active civic engagement can meet in a mutually reinforcing way.
This volume engages with post-humanist and transhumanist approaches
to present an original exploration of the question of how humankind
will fare in the face of artificial intelligence. With emerging
technologies now widely assumed to be calling into question
assumptions about human beings and their place within the world,
and computational innovations of machine learning leading some to
claim we are coming ever closer to the long-sought artificial
general intelligence, it defends humanity with the argument that
technological 'advances' introduced artificially into some humans
do not annul their fundamental human qualities. Against the
challenge presented by the possibility that advanced artificial
intelligence will be fully capable of original thinking, creative
self-development and moral judgement and therefore have claims to
legal rights, the authors advance a form of 'essentialism' that
justifies providing a 'decent minimum life' for all persons. As
such, while the future of the human is in question, the authors
show how dispensing with either the category itself or the
underlying reality is a less plausible solution than is often
assumed.
As social media is increasingly becoming a standard feature of
sociological practice, this timely book rethinks the role of these
mediums in public sociology and what they can contribute to the
discipline in the post-COVID world. It reconsiders the history and
current conceptualizations of what sociology is, and analyzes what
kinds of social life emerge in and through the interactions between
'intellectuals', 'publics' and 'platforms' of communication.
Cutting across multiple disciplines, this pioneering work envisions
a new kind of public sociology that brings together the digital and
the physical to create public spaces where critical scholarship and
active civic engagement can meet in a mutually reinforcing way.
Professor Margaret Archer is a leading critical realist and major
contemporary social theorist. This edited collection seeks to
celebrate the scope and accomplishments of her work, distilling her
theoretical and empirical contributions into four sections which
capture the essence and trajectory of her research over almost four
decades. Long fascinated with the problem of structure and agency,
Archer's work has constituted a decade-long engagement with this
perennial issue of social thought. However, in spite of the deep
interconnections that unify her body of work, it is rarely treated
as a coherent whole. This is doubtless in part due to the
unforgiving rigour of her arguments and prose, but also a byproduct
of sociology's ongoing compartmentalisation. This edited collection
seeks to address this relative neglect by collating a selection of
papers, spanning Archer's career, which collectively elucidate both
the development of her thought and the value that can be found in
it as a systematic whole. This book illustrates the empirical
origins of her social ontology in her early work on the sociology
of education, as well as foregrounding the diverse range of
influences that have conditioned her intellectual trajectory: the
systems theory of Walter Buckley, the neo-Weberian analysis of
Lockwood, the critical realist philosophy of Roy Bhaskar and, more
recently, her engagement with American pragmatism and the Italian
school of relational sociology. What emerges is a series of
important contributions to our understanding of the relationship
between structure, culture and agency. Acting to introduce and
guide readers through these contributions, this book carries the
potential to inform exciting and innovative sociological research.
Social media has become an inescapable part of academic life. It
has the power to transform scholarly communication and offers new
opportunities to publish and publicise your work, to network in
your discipline and beyond and to engage the public. However, to do
so successfully requires a careful understanding of best practice,
the risks, rewards and what it can mean to put your professional
identity online. Inside you'll find practical guidance and
thoughtful insight on how to approach the opportunities and
challenges that social media presents in ways that can be
satisfying and sustainable as an academic. The guide has been
updated throughout to reflect changes in social media and digital
thinking since the last edition, including: The dark side of social
media - from Trump to harassment Emerging forms of multimedia
engagement - and how to use to your advantage Auditing your online
identity - the why and how Taking time out - how to do a social
media sabbatical. Visit Mark's blog for more insights and
discussion on social media academic practice.
The last decade has seen the emergence of an increasingly high
profile and politically active asexual community, united around a
common identity as 'people who do not experience sexual
attraction'. This unique volume collects a diverse range of
interdisciplinary empirical and theoretical work which addresses
this emergence, raising important and timely questions about
asexuality and its broader implications for sexual culture. One of
the most pressing and contentious issues within academic and public
debates about asexuality is what relationship, if any, it has to
sexual dysfunction. As well as collecting cutting edge scholarship
in the emerging field of asexuality studies, rendering it
indispensable to any sexualities course across the range of
disciplines, this anthology also addresses this urgent debate,
offering a variety of perspectives on how and why some have
pathologised asexuality. This includes a range of chapters
addressing the broader issues of sexual normativity within which
these contemporary debates about asexuality are taking place. This
book was originally published as a special issue of Psychology and
Sexuality.
Professor Margaret Archer is a leading critical realist and major
contemporary social theorist. This edited collection seeks to
celebrate the scope and accomplishments of her work, distilling her
theoretical and empirical contributions into four sections which
capture the essence and trajectory of her research over almost four
decades. Long fascinated with the problem of structure and agency,
Archer's work has constituted a decade-long engagement with this
perennial issue of social thought. However, in spite of the deep
interconnections that unify her body of work, it is rarely treated
as a coherent whole. This is doubtless in part due to the
unforgiving rigour of her arguments and prose, but also a byproduct
of sociology's ongoing compartmentalisation. This edited collection
seeks to address this relative neglect by collating a selection of
papers, spanning Archer's career, which collectively elucidate both
the development of her thought and the value that can be found in
it as a systematic whole. This book illustrates the empirical
origins of her social ontology in her early work on the sociology
of education, as well as foregrounding the diverse range of
influences that have conditioned her intellectual trajectory: the
systems theory of Walter Buckley, the neo-Weberian analysis of
Lockwood, the critical realist philosophy of Roy Bhaskar and, more
recently, her engagement with American pragmatism and the Italian
school of relational sociology. What emerges is a series of
important contributions to our understanding of the relationship
between structure, culture and agency. Acting to introduce and
guide readers through these contributions, this book carries the
potential to inform exciting and innovative sociological research.
Social media has become an inescapable part of academic life. It
has the power to transform scholarly communication and offers new
opportunities to publish and publicise your work, to network in
your discipline and beyond and to engage the public. However, to do
so successfully requires a careful understanding of best practice,
the risks, rewards and what it can mean to put your professional
identity online. Inside you'll find practical guidance and
thoughtful insight on how to approach the opportunities and
challenges that social media presents in ways that can be
satisfying and sustainable as an academic. The guide has been
updated throughout to reflect changes in social media and digital
thinking since the last edition, including: The dark side of social
media - from Trump to harassment Emerging forms of multimedia
engagement - and how to use to your advantage Auditing your online
identity - the why and how Taking time out - how to do a social
media sabbatical. Visit Mark's blog for more insights and
discussion on social media academic practice.
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