03943nam a22005655i 4500 978-3-031-59197-6 DE-He213 20251030112647.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240724s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031591976 978-3-031-59197-6 10.1007/978-3-031-59197-6 doi T14 HP bicssc TB bicssc SCI075000 bisacsh QD thema TB thema Ataria, Yochai. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 81187 Genes, Technology, and Apocalypse [electronic resource] : An Epilogue for Humanity / by Yochai Ataria. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XXXVII, 229 p. 15 illus., 10 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Part I: It’s in Our Genes -- 1: Modern Humans: Attempting to Draw a Dividing Line -- 2: Gatherer-Hunters or Hunter-Gatherers: “The Killer Awoke before Dawn” -- 3: Back to the Chimpanzee -- 4: What Happened to Neanderthal? (We Killed Him Off) -- 5: Collapse of the First Line of Defence: It’s not Us; It’s in Our Genes -- Part II: It’s Technology’s Fault -- 6: Technology as Metaphysics: Heidegger’s Attempt to Exonerate the Nazi Movement -- 7: Techno-science: A Dynamic of Complete Annihilation -- 8: The Collapse of the Second Line of Defence: It’s not Us; It’s Technology -- Part III: Apocalypse -- 9: The Bomb and the Apocalypse: Only a God Can Save Us -- 10: Utopia and Dystopia -- 11: Conclusion. This book offers a critique of a certain contemporary discourse in popular science that consists of (1) identifying the origins and therefore essential nature of Homo Sapiens; and (2) identifying the nature of technology. The author’s critique is that this double gesture generates a deterministic worldview–man is evil and technology has its own necessity–that operates to exonerate humanity from responsibility to the horrors of the 20th century, epitomized in Auschwitz and Hiroshima, for example. The author situates this operation within what he identifies as an “apocalyptical-eschatological state of mind.” Yochai Ataria explains that the dynamics of technology and the quest for the first human are the two central vectors shaping both scientific and popular discourse today, highlighting the importance of understanding the deep connection between the two. Yochai Ataria is an associate professor at Tel-Hai College, Israel He is the author of several book, includings: The Structural Trauma of Western Culture (Palgrave, 2017); Body Disownership in Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Palgrave, 2018); Levi versus Ka-Tsetnik (Palgrave, 2021); Consciousness in Flesh (Palgrave, 2022). Technology Philosophy. 68026 Science Philosophy. 63307 Technology Moral and ethical aspects. 71563 Ethics. 58934 Philosophy of Technology. 68027 Philosophy of Science. 68560 Ethics of Technology. 71564 Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. 66410 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031591969 Printed edition: 9783031591983 Printed edition: 9783031591990 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59197-6 ZDB-2-REP ZDB-2-SXPR 61870 61870