Collection(s) : Eclairages philosophiques d'Afrique
Paru le 27/03/2018 | Broché 148 pages
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preface by Monique Castillo | translated by Denis-Ghislain Mbessa
Transhumanism, Science Merchants and the Future of Man
Here is an essay which will enable those who have not yet been interested in this theme of Transhumanism to form a balanced idea of it. The author, Njoh Mouelle, proposes at the same time a synthesis of the ideas of this movement and critical analyzes inspired by a refreshing bergsonism. He writes to take part in the debate on the future of humanity, sparked by the scientific-philosophical movement that bears this name, started in the United States and which is beginning to move the European intelligentsia.
He also writes to sensitize an African opinion far unaware of these preoccupations that concern all humankind : they promise eternal longevity to man, superintelligence, the augmentation of all his capacities, as much physical as mental. Is the author right to stigmatize the mercantilism of the sponsors of the research carried out within the framework of the famous convergence of Nanotechnologies, Biotechnologies, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science (NBIC), to the point of considering that the philosophical label of this scientific-cultural movement serves as a simple commercial slogan ?
President of the Scientific Council of the Doctoral Research Unit for Arts, Languages and Culture at the University of Yaoundé-I, Ebenezer Njoh Mouelle represents his country for the second time on the Executive Board of Unesco since November 2015. This academician, who is at the same time a politician, served as a Member of Parliament and as a Member of the Government in his country, Cameroon. He is the author of numerous publications.
For more information, please visit his website : www.njohmouelle.org
