Thomas Osborne. 230pp. Edward Elgar Publishing (2024).
E ISBN: 9781035309825
This visionary book questions what it means to be human today and in the future. Drawing on the natural, human and life sciences, Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose encourage us to reconsider the human condition and the ways in which humans are affected by their animality, technology and the prospect of their annihilation.
Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose, address profound intellectual questions. What is the human condition? In this intellectually ground breaking book the authors push beyond dualisms of humanist and post humanist scholarship. They outline an alternative judicious naturalistic humanism. The clear writing conveys complex ideas which makes this a compelling read.
In this thought-provoking book, Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose examine a wide range of issues concerning humans and human uniqueness in comparison to other species in the animal kingdom. The multidisciplinary breadth of their perspective matches the complexity of the problem they tackle. It is an impressive accomplishment!