Friday, January 26, 2007

Prophetic insight of post-modernism

Post Human Variations by Richard Carlson
by Rich on January 25, 2007 08:46PM (PST)
To speak of the post-human is now becoming fairly widespread in our global culture. This is not only due to science fiction but due to critical scholarship as well which has realized the enhancements to the human that technology makes possible. If Nietzsche’s proclamation of the “death of god” helped annunciate the spirit of modernity, Michael Foucault statement about “the death of man” appears to be the prophetic insight of post-modernism. more » Leave Comment Permanent Link

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