Ayn Rand And The Posthuman: The Mind-made Future
by Ben Murnane /
2018 / English / PDF
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Ayn Rand and the Posthuman
Ayn Rand and the Posthuman is a study of the American
novelist’s relationship with twenty-first-century ideas about
technology. Rand wrote science fiction that has inspired Silicon
Valley entrepreneurs, politicians, and economists. Ben Murnane
demonstrates Rand’s connection to, and impact on, those with a
“posthuman” vision, in which human and machine merge. The text
examines the philosophical intersections between Rand’s
philosophy of Objectivism and posthumanism, and Rand’s influence
on transhumanism, a major branch of posthumanist thought. The
book further investigates Rand’s presence and portrayal in
various examples of posthumanist science fiction, including
is a study of the American
novelist’s relationship with twenty-first-century ideas about
technology. Rand wrote science fiction that has inspired Silicon
Valley entrepreneurs, politicians, and economists. Ben Murnane
demonstrates Rand’s connection to, and impact on, those with a
“posthuman” vision, in which human and machine merge. The text
examines the philosophical intersections between Rand’s
philosophy of Objectivism and posthumanism, and Rand’s influence
on transhumanism, a major branch of posthumanist thought. The
book further investigates Rand’s presence and portrayal in
various examples of posthumanist science fiction, includingGene Roddenberry’s Andromeda
Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, popular videogame
, popular videogameBioShock
BioShock, and Zoltan Istvan’s novel
, and Zoltan Istvan’s novelThe Transhumanist
Wager
The Transhumanist
Wager. Considering Rand’s influence from a cultural,
political, technological, and economic perspective, this study
throws light on an under-documented but highly significant aspect
of Rand’s legacy.
. Considering Rand’s influence from a cultural,
political, technological, and economic perspective, this study
throws light on an under-documented but highly significant aspect
of Rand’s legacy.
