03008oam 2200685 c 450 991042772300332120240525094506.010.3726/978-3-653-06830-6(CKB)4100000011679268(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39468(PH02)9783653068306(EXLCZ)99410000001167926820240525d2018 uy 0engurnnunnnannuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBetween an Animal and a MachineStanisław Lem's Technological UtopiaMalgorzata Kowalska, Paweł Majewski1st, New ed.Frankfurt a.MPH0220181 online resource (246 p.), EPDFModernity in Question10Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften3-653-06830-4 Philosophy of Stanisław Lem - Lemology pure and applied - Dialogues - Cybernetics as an anthropology - Summa Technologiae - Technology as Lifeworld - Autoevolution and posthumanismThe subject of this book is the philosophy of Stanisław Lem. The first part contains an analysis and interpretation of one of his early works, The Dialogues. The author tries to show how Lem used the terminology of cybernetics to create a project of sociology and anthropology. The second part examines Lem's essay Summa technologiae, which is considered as the project of human autoevolution. The term «autoevolution» is a neologism for the concept of humans taking control over their own biological evolution and form in order to improve the conditions of their being. In this interpretation, Summa is an example of a liberal utopia, based on the assumption that all human problems can be resolved by science. Various social theories, which can be linked to the project of autoevolution, are presented in the final part.PhilosophybicsscLiterary theorybicsscLiterary studies: generalbicsscGender studies, gender groupsbicsscAnimalautoevolutioncyberneticsKowalskaLem’sliterary studiesMachineMajewskiMalgorzataPawełposthumanismqueer studiesStanisławTechnologicaltranshumanismUtopiaPhilosophyLiterary theoryLiterary studies: generalGender studies, gender groupsMajewski Pawelauth1296949Kowalska MalgorzataedtMajewski PawełautPH02PH02BOOK9910427723003321Between an Animal and a Machine3024317UNINA