Eutopia: The Promise of Biotechnology and the Realignment of Western Axiality
Abstract. This essay discusses the deep perceptual and social changes that the advanced applications of biotechnology could bring in the West. It examines the probable collapse of a fundamental perceptual bipolarity on which the Western mind and social mobilization have been based since its inceptio...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2012
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Zygon
Год: 2012, Том: 47, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 97-117 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
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B Biotechnology B axial civilizations B Utopia B technosecularism B Athens vs. Jerusalem B eutopia |
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| Итог: | Abstract. This essay discusses the deep perceptual and social changes that the advanced applications of biotechnology could bring in the West. It examines the probable collapse of a fundamental perceptual bipolarity on which the Western mind and social mobilization have been based since its inception in the West: Athens–Jerusalem. This collapse will quite possibly radically reshape Western perceptions of self and nature and will remodel established constellations and modes of social mobilization and social organization. The radical collapse of the preceding established feature of Western modernity is due to take place in the field of biotechnology, since the latter promises to produce a deliverable perfection of flesh and an equally corporeal personal bliss. I call this promise “eutopia,” an actual and tangible utopia– “a laboratory on the hill.” |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2011.01241.x |