{"product_id":"9783319908526","title":"Ayn Rand and the Posthuman: The Mind-Made Future","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAyn Rand and the Posthuman: The Mind-Made Future\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMurnane, Ben\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAyn Rand and the Posthuman\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of the American novelist’s relationship with twenty-first-century ideas about technology. Rand wrote science fiction that has inspired Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, politicians, and economists. Ben Murnane demonstrates Rand’s connection to, and impact on, those with a “posthuman” vision, in which human and machine merge. The text examines the philosophical intersections between Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism and posthumanism, and Rand’s influence on transhumanism, a major branch of posthumanist thought. The book further investigates Rand’s presence and portrayal in various examples of posthumanist science fiction, including \u003ci\u003eGene Roddenberry’s Andromeda\u003c\/i\u003e, popular videogame \u003ci\u003eBioShock\u003c\/i\u003e, and Zoltan Istvan’s novel \u003ci\u003eThe Transhumanist Wager\u003c\/i\u003e. Considering Rand’s influence from a cultural, political, technological, and economic perspective, this study throws light on an under-documented but highly significant aspect of Rand’s legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-05-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319908526\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-90853-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 197\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47525717966988,"sku":"9783319908526","price":76.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319908526.jpg?v=1776026677","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319908526","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}