On Not Dying: Secular Immortality in the Age of Technoscience

by Abou Farman

Book Overview

An ethnographic exploration of technoscientific immortality

Immortality has long been considered the domain of religion. But immortality projects have gained increasing legitimacy and power in the world of science and technology. With recent rapid advances in biology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, secular immortalists hope for and work toward a future without death.

On Not Dying is an anthropological, historical,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517908108
• ISBN13: 9781517908102
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"