Publication details
Sacralisation of Knowledge and Secularisation of Eschatology in Science Transhumanism
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | This paper reveals transhumanism as a secularisation of Christian theosis (deification) with a special focus on a role of human knowledge (science and technology) in this process of transformation. The transhumanism brings an idea of a radical human body and mind enhancement. As this paper argues, the importance of the enhancement is in transhumanism an expression of sacralisation of knowledge leading to the Singularity. The Singularity, a breaking point in the future of humankind, means a radical transformation of humanity. This transformation changes humanity to that extent that we can interpret it as the secular version of deification. The aim of the paper is to show that the Christian deification and the sacralisation of knowledge in transhumanism are interconnected. The analysis is based on a Foucauldian perspective of historical analysis. |