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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
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ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09672559.2023.2287640
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Nietzsche; transhumanism; culture; nihilism; last human; education
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This article aims to conceptualize and evaluate the transhumanist movement by applying Nietzschean critique. The investigation is divided into three steps: discussing the similarities and differences between transhumanism and Nietzsche's concept of education, considering the challenges of conceptualizing a "Nietzschean transhumanism," and evaluating the cultural implications of transhumanism using Nietzsche's treatment of nihilism.
The objective of this article is to conceptualize and evaluate the transhumanist movement by applying a Nietzschean critique to its techno-progressive agenda of human enhancement. The investigation itself is divided into three distinctive, yet methodologically intertwined steps: first, I will present an exegetical approach by circumscribing the discussion concerning the alleged similarities and disparities between the transhumanist notion of transforming the human into a posthuman being and Nietzsche's concept of education, understood as self-overcoming; secondly, in a more practical and future-oriented manner, I will consider some of the major aporias for conceptualizing a 'Nietzschean transhumanism' by confronting the techno-progressive idea of morphological freedom with Nietzsche's critical approach to the commerce- and consumer-oriented mentality of the non-creative modern individual; finally, I will employ Nietzsche's complex treatment of nihilism in order to formulate a critical evaluation of transhumanism's cultural implications. My fundamental conclusion will be that the techno-progressive agenda does not strive to overcome human limitations by coping with the tragic nature of life in a Nietzschean sense, but merely promotes the nihilistic dream of Zarathustra's 'last human' to establish a common happiness by eradicating the Dionysian reality of all existence.
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