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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2021
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Nova religio
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 87-113 |
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Ettinger, Robert C. W. 1918-2011, The Prospect of Immortality
/ Cryopreservation
/ Transhumanism
/ Quasi-religion
/ Pseudo-science
/ Vermischung
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| RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements NCH Medical ethics |
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cryonic suspension
B Transhumanism B myth of disenchantment B religion science hybridiyt B Cult B Pseudoscience B Cryonics |
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