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What if the future of humanity wasn’t driven by Silicon Valley’s vision?
At the edge of its dissolution, European humanism faces profound challenges as AI, biotechnology and posthuman theory reshape what it means to be human. The classical ideals of truth, goodness, and beauty — once the moral and aesthetic compass of the European tradition — are being twisted.
This book introduces the reader to Euro-Transhumanism—a distinctive, philosophically rich alternative to the individualistic, technocratic focus of classic transhumanism. It draws upon Europe’s continental cultural tradition, rejects Eurocentrism, utopian fantasies, and dualistic thinking, and explores pragmatic ways of increasing the diversity of personal flourishing.
This is a thought-provoking guide to critically reimagining our future.
‘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
The Twisted Gospel of Becoming
Different Castles Made of Sand: The Desert is our Home
A Brief Overview
Euro-Transhumanism: In a Nutshell
Entanglements of Transhumanism
Brave New Human
Generative AI, Digital Data, and Superintelligence
Africa, China, and the Meaning of Digital Data
We Have Always Been Cyborgs
Euro-Transhumanism: Ex Positivo
Euro-Transhumanism: Ex Negativo
What is Transhumanism Not? A Description of Ex Negativo
Religion
Politics
Morality
Ethics
Thirteen Aphorisms for the Becoming Child of the Future
Education
The Case of In Vitro Meat
The Case of Surrogacy
The Case of AI, Art, and Creativity
Art
The Posthuman Paradigm-Shift, Beauty and Art
The Case of Sex
The Forge of Becoming
Bibliography