Transhumanism: the friendly face of the overhuman and the comic book Superman

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11240%2F23%3A10474248" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11240/23:10474248 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8h9qeh8rzf" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8h9qeh8rzf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sem-2023-0119" target="_blank" >10.1515/sem-2023-0119</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Transhumanism: the friendly face of the overhuman and the comic book Superman

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The core of the study is a critical comparison of Nietzsche&apos;s notion of ubermensch, and its transhumanist rewriting into different variants of the posthuman. The first part contextualizes transhumanist thought, primarily in relation to certain evolutionary ideas that, in their totality, exhibit a fundamental anthropological deficit: they speak of the evolutionary overcoming of human, but the limit of sensibility that attempts to imagine a future human being is only the mere negation of what human has been so far. In this way, the posthuman is not removed from the somewhat vague context of the technological &quot;extension&quot; of previous humanity. In this respect, the whole concept is grossly unaesthetic. The second part shows that Nietzsche&apos;s rethinking of the overhuman was intertwined with other anthropological structures, for example, the idea of Mitfreude (&apos;shared joy&apos;), which is supposed to creatively (in the manner of art) replace the morally misleading notion of compassion. The ubermensch therefore enabled Nietzsche to propose a different conception of intersubjectivity; one that would no longer be reduced to contempt for the human being. The third section traces the causes of the transhumanist failure in productive imagination. It is based on the hypothesis that this failure is driven by an unconscious preference for the figure of the comic book Superman. It postulates, through a Kantian conception of the sublime, that an adequate elaboration of the image of the posthuman cannot do without an affective component that would allow for Bejahung (&apos;affirmation&apos;). Only the artificial will always appear, to some degree, as alien, and therefore will never transcend the limits of reactive adaptation. A living posthuman could only emerge if he offered anthropological techniques of the art of living. Therefore, transhumanism continuously raises anthropological questions, especially regarding the problem of the extent to which the artificiality of art can be identified with technology. Without proper answers, it will not achieve the complexity of Nietzsche&apos;s overhuman, and will always only dilute him into technological supplements. The posthuman will come into being when he is conceived as a grandiose work of art.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Transhumanism: the friendly face of the overhuman and the comic book Superman

Popis výsledku anglicky

The core of the study is a critical comparison of Nietzsche&apos;s notion of ubermensch, and its transhumanist rewriting into different variants of the posthuman. The first part contextualizes transhumanist thought, primarily in relation to certain evolutionary ideas that, in their totality, exhibit a fundamental anthropological deficit: they speak of the evolutionary overcoming of human, but the limit of sensibility that attempts to imagine a future human being is only the mere negation of what human has been so far. In this way, the posthuman is not removed from the somewhat vague context of the technological &quot;extension&quot; of previous humanity. In this respect, the whole concept is grossly unaesthetic. The second part shows that Nietzsche&apos;s rethinking of the overhuman was intertwined with other anthropological structures, for example, the idea of Mitfreude (&apos;shared joy&apos;), which is supposed to creatively (in the manner of art) replace the morally misleading notion of compassion. The ubermensch therefore enabled Nietzsche to propose a different conception of intersubjectivity; one that would no longer be reduced to contempt for the human being. The third section traces the causes of the transhumanist failure in productive imagination. It is based on the hypothesis that this failure is driven by an unconscious preference for the figure of the comic book Superman. It postulates, through a Kantian conception of the sublime, that an adequate elaboration of the image of the posthuman cannot do without an affective component that would allow for Bejahung (&apos;affirmation&apos;). Only the artificial will always appear, to some degree, as alien, and therefore will never transcend the limits of reactive adaptation. A living posthuman could only emerge if he offered anthropological techniques of the art of living. Therefore, transhumanism continuously raises anthropological questions, especially regarding the problem of the extent to which the artificiality of art can be identified with technology. Without proper answers, it will not achieve the complexity of Nietzsche&apos;s overhuman, and will always only dilute him into technological supplements. The posthuman will come into being when he is conceived as a grandiose work of art.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60401 - Arts, Art history

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA22-17984S" target="_blank" >GA22-17984S: Ohniskové obrazy: násilí a nelidskost v současném umění a mediální kultuře</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Semiotica

ISSN

0037-1998

e-ISSN

1613-3692

Svazek periodika

2023

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

254

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

81-106

Kód UT WoS článku

001095963300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85175341344