Virtual Immortality - God, Evolution, and the Singularity in Post- and Transhumanism

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword to the English Edition -- A Who is Who? of Post- and Transhumanism -- 1. Virtuality, Media, and Immortality. An Introduction -- Part I Humans and Media -- 2. Virtuality -- 2.1 Virtuality and Time -- 2.2 Virtuality and Space -- 2.3 Virtuality and Corporeality -- 2.4 Virt...

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Main Author: Krüger, Oliver (Author)
Contributors: Jones, Ali (Contributor) ; Knight, Paul (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Bielefeld transcript 2021
In:Year: 2021
Edition:1st ed.
Series/Journal:Kulturen der Gesellschaft v.41
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9783837650594

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