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The Proactionary Imperative

A Foundation for Transhumanism

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Steve Fuller

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK

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  2. Veronika Lipińska

    1. Department of Law, University of Warwick, UK

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  • Third book in a trilogy by world-renowned intellectual Steve Fuller exploring 'Humanity 2.0'

  • Author Steve Fuller is a leading international voice in transhumanism debates and internationally renowned scholar with a platform beyond academia

  • The first book to set out the intellectual basis for transhumanism – the 'proactionary' approach

  • Argues that political debate will move beyond 'left' and 'right' to a new battleground informed by 'proactionary' vs 'precautionary' principles

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Steve Fuller, Veronika Lipińska
    Pages 1-11

  3. Precautionary and Proactionary as the Twenty-first-century’s Defining Ideological Polarity

    • Steve Fuller, Veronika Lipińska
    Pages 12-43

  4. Proactionary Theology: Discovering the Art of God-Playing

    • Steve Fuller, Veronika Lipińska
    Pages 44-61

  5. Proactionary Biology: Recovering the Science of Eugenics

    • Steve Fuller, Veronika Lipińska
    Pages 62-98

  6. A Legal and Political Framework for the Proactionary Principle

    • Steve Fuller, Veronika Lipińska
    Pages 99-128

  7. The Proactionary Manifesto

    • Steve Fuller, Veronika Lipińska
    Pages 129-137

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 138-153
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The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions.

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"The book's foremost strength is its willingness to address the challenging social justice issues which those on the libertarian side of the transhumanist movement might otherwise overlook. Also greatly commendable is the varied array of material the authors summon to make their case. Accordingly, anyone who identifies with the need for future collectivist and democratic (as opposed to the typical market-driven) strategies for human enhancement, will undoubtedly find this text a well-informed 21st century starting point." - Sociological Imagination

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK

    Steve Fuller

  • Department of Law, University of Warwick, UK

    Veronika Lipińska

About the authors

Author Steve Fuller: Steve Fuller is Augustus Comte Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK.He is author of eighteen books including Humanity 2.0: What It Means to be Human Past, Present and Future, Dissent over Descent: Intelligent Design's Challenge to Darwinism, Kuhn vs Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science, The Intellectualand Science vs Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution. His work has been translated into twenty languages.

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