A Stieglerianesque Critique of Transhumanism: On Narratives and Neganthropocene

Adrian Mróz

doi:10.18778/1689-4286.46.09

Autor

Adrian Mróz Uniwersytet Jagielloński

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1689-4286.46.09

Słowa kluczowe:

negantropocen, krytyka transhumanizmu, Bernard Stiegler, narracja, marketing

Abstrakt

Czerpiąc w całym tekście z filozofii Bernarda Stieglera, rozpoczynam od prezentacji transhumanizmu Zoltana Istvana w świetle jego roli w polityce. Kontynuuję rozwijając koncept obietnicy życia wiecznego. Następnie rozróżniam tematy właściwe dla filozofii (takie jak umysł lub to, czy życie jest warte życia) i nauki (to, co mierzalne i powtarzalne). Przedstawiam argumenty dotyczące przede wszystkim transferu umysłu (mind-uploading), a jednocześnie omawiam prostą krytykę dualizmu umysł-ciało, który jest jednym z kluczowych, wykorzystywanych przez technologie wyobrażonych porządków w narracjach transhumanizmu obecnych w kulturze popularnej. Przeformułowuję to jako problem działania. Artykuł skupia się na twierdzeniu, że niektóre transhumanizmy są niebezpiecznymi formami neodarwinizmu. Wynika to z krytycznej oceny kapitału i eksploatacji ciał przez siły rynkowe. Entropia jest procesem narastającej dezorganizacji, podczas gdy negantropia jest antropologiczną walką z eksploatacją nie tylko ciał, ale wszystkich ekosystemów Ziemi. Argumenty Stieglera ze zbioru wykładów zyskują podsumowanie, a jego twierdzenia przedstawiane są przez pryzmat transhumanistycznej narracji, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem stanowiska Christiana Salmona wyłożonym w książce: Storytelling: Bewitching the Modern Mind.

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