Policing Hybridity: Cryonic Suspension at the "Nexus" of Religion and Technoscience

Cryonic suspension ("cryonics") is the practice of freezing the deceased in hopes that scientists will eventually develop the levels of technology required to facilitate their revival and rejuvenation. By tracing the practice's ties to transhumanism, this article advances an interpret...

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Main Author: Shoffstall, Grant W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2021
In: Nova religio
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 87-113
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ettinger, Robert C. W. 1918-2011, The Prospect of Immortality / Cryopreservation / Transhumanism / Quasi-religion / Pseudo-science / Vermischung
RelBib Classification:AZ New religious movements
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B cryonic suspension
B Transhumanism
B myth of disenchantment
B religion science hybridiyt
B Cult
B Pseudoscience
B Cryonics
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