1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782104003321

Autore

Koivukoski Toivo

Titolo

After the last man [[electronic resource] ] : excurses to the limits of the technological system / / Toivo Koivukoski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2008

ISBN

1-282-49330-2

9786612493300

0-7391-3017-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Disciplina

601

Soggetti

Technology - Philosophy

Technology - Social aspects

Technology and civilization

Civilization, Modern - 21st century - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; By Way of an Introduction; Sect. 1. Thinking Technology to its Ends; Sect. 2. From a Posthistorical Worldview; Sect. 3. Experiments in Posthumanism; Sect 4. Technological Imperium andIts Limits; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The meditations in this book map out the hypertextual pathways of our global techonological system, looking for its limits and ours, by drawing on the philosophy of German idealism and Homeric and pre-Socratic views on identity, substance, hospitality, and homecoming.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816722603321

Autore

Herbert Joe

Titolo

Testosterone : sex, power, and the will to win / / Joe Herbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-103805-9

0-19-872498-5

0-19-103804-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

612.405

Soggetti

Testosterone

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""COVER""; ""TESTOSTERONE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""DEDICATION""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""1: Testosterone and Human Evolution""; ""2: What is Testosterone?""; ""3: Testosterone Makyth Man""; ""4: Testosterone and Sex""; ""5: Testosterone and Aggression""; ""6: Controlling Testosterone""; ""7: Winning, Losing, and Making Money""; ""8: Testosterone and War""; ""9: Testosterone in Women""; ""10: Testosterone and the Brain""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""BAD MOVES""; ""BRAINWASHING""; ""EXTREME""; ""HAPPINESS""; ""RUN, SWIM, THROW, CHEAT""; ""THE BRAIN SUPREMACY""

""THE STRESSED SEX""

Sommario/riassunto

We inherit mechanisms for survival from our primeval past; none so obviously as those involved in reproduction. The hormone testosterone underlies the organization of activation of masculinity: it changes the body and brain to make a male. It is involved not only in sexuality but in driving aggression, competitiveness, risk-taking - all elements that were needed for successful survival and reproduction in the past. But these ancient systems are carried forward into amodern world. The ancient world shaped the human brain, but the modern world is shaped by that brain. How does this world, with a