The Future of the Self: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Personhood and Identity in the Digital Age

by Jay Friedenberg

We live in the digital age where our sense of self and identity has moved beyond the body to encompass hardware and software. Cyborgs, online representations in social media, avatars, and virtual reality extend our notion of what it means to be human. This book looks at the progression of self from the biological to the technological using a multidisciplinary approach. It examines the notion of personhood from philosophical, psychological, neuroscience,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520298489
• ISBN13: 9780520298484
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.9"