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What if the future of humanity wasn't driven by Silicon Valley's vision? This book reveals Euro-Transhumanism-a pragmatic, socially conscious vision of human enhancement grounded in Europe's rich intellectual traditions.

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‘Stefan Lorenz Sorgner’s “Euro-Transhumanism” opens a new intellectual movement between progress and humility. It lays the foundation for a forward-looking humanism that understands innovation, technology and cultural creativity as vital forces of human flourishing. At the same time, it twists anthropocentrism, situating humans within a dynamic network of nature, culture and technique. In the spirit of Kant, Sorgner preserves the commitment to autonomy and reason, but emphasizes their contingency, extending their meaning by embracing change, diversity, and creative self-transformation. For the arts, this philosophy offers a liberation from paternalistic claims of validity. It unites the universalist idea of freedom with a renewed sensitivity to individuality, process and becoming — a long-overdue philosophical plea for an aesthetics of the openness of being human.’ Sven Helbig, composer, director and producer

‘Stefan Lorenz Sorgner’s “Euro-Transhumanism” opens a new intellectual movement between progress and humility. It lays the foundation for a forward-looking humanism that understands innovation, technology and cultural creativity as vital forces of human flourishing. At the same time, it twists anthropocentrism, situating humans within a dynamic network of nature, culture and technique. In the spirit of Kant, Sorgner preserves the commitment to autonomy and reason, but emphasizes their contingency, extending their meaning by embracing change, diversity, and creative self-transformation. For the arts, this philosophy offers a liberation from paternalistic claims of validity. It unites the universalist idea of freedom with a renewed sensitivity to individuality, process and becoming — a long-overdue philosophical plea for an aesthetics of the openness of being human.’ Sven Helbig

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Stefan Lorenz Sorgner teaches philosophy at John Cabot University in Rome, and is the Editor-in-Chief and Founding Editor of Journal of Posthuman Studies.

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