LEADER 02503nam 2200577z- 450 001 9910427723003321 005 20231214132931.0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011679268 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39468 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011679268 100 $a20202102d2018 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBetween an Animal and a Machine$eStanis?aw Lem?s Technological Utopia 210 $aBern$cPeter Lang International Academic Publishing Group$d2018 215 $a1 electronic resource (246 p.) 225 1 $aModernity in Question 311 $a3-653-06830-4 330 $aThe subject of this book is the philosophy of Stanis?aw 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. 606 $aPhilosophy$2bicssc 606 $aLiterary theory$2bicssc 606 $aLiterary studies: general$2bicssc 606 $aGender studies, gender groups$2bicssc 610 $aAnimal 610 $aautoevolution 610 $acybernetics 610 $aKowalska 610 $aLem?s 610 $aliterary studies 610 $aMachine 610 $aMajewski 610 $aMalgorzata 610 $aPawe? 610 $aposthumanism 610 $aqueer studies 610 $aStanis?aw 610 $aTechnological 610 $atranshumanism 610 $aUtopia 615 7$aPhilosophy 615 7$aLiterary theory 615 7$aLiterary studies: general 615 7$aGender studies, gender groups 700 $aMajewski$b Pawel$4auth$01296949 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910427723003321 996 $aBetween an Animal and a Machine$93024317 997 $aUNINA