Global Brain Singularity - Cadell Last

Global Brain Singularity

Universal History, Future Evolution and Humanity’s Dialectical Horizon

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
XXVII, 324 Seiten
2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-46965-8 (ISBN)
139,09 inkl. MwSt
This book introduces readers to global brain singularity through a logical meditation on the temporal dynamics of the universal process. Global brain singularity is conceived of as a future metasystem of human civilization that represents a qualitatively higher coherence of order.
To better understand the potential of this phenomenon, the book begins with an overview of universal history. The focus then shifts to the structure of human systems, and the notion that contemporary global civilization must mediate the emergence of a commons that will transform the future of politics, economics and psychosocial life in general. In this context the book presents our species as biocultural evolutionary agents attempting to create a novel and independent domain of technocultural evolution that affords us new levels of freedom.
Lastly, the book underscores the internal depths of the present moment, structured by a division between subject and object. The nature of the interaction between subject and object would appear to govern the mechanics of a spiritual process that is key to understanding the meaning of singularity inclusive of observers. Given its scope, the book will appeal to readers interested in systems approaches to the emerging world society, especially historians, philosophers and social scientists.

Cadell Last is a philosopher with an interdisciplinary background in fields of evolutionary anthropology, psychoanalysis, complexity science and big history. He has spent much of his life searching for the truth of being through questions about the difference between humans and nature, and the consequences of human difference for nature.

Introduction.- PART I: Contextualizing Our Present.- Historical Foundations for Future Speculations.- History of the future.- PART II: Challenges of a Global Metasystem.- Human Metasystem Transitions.- Control Dynamics of Human Metasystems.- Global Brain and the Future of Human Society.- Global Commons in the Global Brain.- PART II: Signs of a New Evolution.- Biocultural Theory of Human Reproduction.- Atechnogenesis and Technocultural Evolution.- Deep Future, Evolutionary Developmental Pathways.- PART IV: Field of 21st Century Knowledge.- Non-Monist Framework for the Emergence and Reconciliation of Subject-Object Division.- Symbolic Orders and Structure of Universal Internalization.- A Reflective Note for Dialectical Thinkers.- Dialectical Approach to Singularity.- Conclusion: Universal history, deep future, eternal present.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures
Zusatzinfo XXVII, 324 p. 42 illus., 8 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 685 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Schlagworte big history of the universe • biocultural evolutionary agents • contemporary global civilization • Globalization • human evolution and the future • metaphysics of monism, dualism and non-dualism • metasystem of human civilization • philosophy of mind and consciousness • technocultural evolution • technological predictions and speculations • world systems approaches
ISBN-10 3-030-46965-4 / 3030469654
ISBN-13 978-3-030-46965-8 / 9783030469658
Zustand Neuware
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