Harry Potter and the Aims of Transhumanism: A Magical Critique of Technological Immortality
Harry Potter can be read as a critique of transhumanist aims of achieving immortality or radical superlongevity. The salience of transhumanism for Harry Potter is seen through the way that magic functions as an analogue to technology, and through the centrality of death throughout the series. Transh...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
2023
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 55-71 |
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Rowling, J. K. 1965-, Harry Potter
/ Immortality (Motif)
/ Death (Motif)
/ Magic (Motif)
/ Transhumanism
/ Technology
/ Post-humanism
/ Christianity
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements CD Christianity and Culture NCJ Ethics of science TK Recent history YA Natural sciences |
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