{"id":4298,"date":"2017-01-16T16:27:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T15:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bcsss.org\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2021-02-13T08:16:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T07:16:29","slug":"humanism-under-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcsss.org\/de\/2017\/humanism-under-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanism under attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the framework of cooperation of the Bertalanffy Center with the Centre of Social Ontology<\/a>, one research project was finalised (Social Morphogenesis<\/a> \u2013 the proofs of the 5th volume are currently verified) and a new one was commenced. <\/p>\n

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During the first week of January, the same group of co-workers at the CSO, International Advisory Committee members and collaborators led by Margaret Archer met in London at the ISRF (Independent Social Research Foundation). A workshop was held under the header „Humanism under attack“. Its aim was to explore and critically discuss human enhancement in the perspective of trans- and post-humanism<\/strong>. The publication of a first edited volume was agreed. <\/p>\n

On 6 January 2017, Wolfgang Hofkirchner presented his contribution. The title was „Promethean Shame revisited \u2013 An ontological analysis of future imaginaries“. The term „Promethean Shame“<\/strong> was coined by Austrian philosopher G\u00fcnther Anders to signify the „climax of dehumanisation“ by the „hubristic self-humiliation“ when humans construct machines that seem to outperform them and thus make them obsolete (my translations \u2013 W.H.). The first english translation of Anders’s essay on Promethean Shame is currently in print in the United States. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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