Ayn Rand and the Posthuman

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<p></p><p><i>Ayn Rand and the Posthuman</i> 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 <i>Gene Roddenberry¿s Andromeda</i>, popular videogame <i>BioShock</i>, and Zoltan Istvan¿s novel <i>The Transhumanist Wager</i>. 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.</p><p></p>

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<p><b>Ben Murnane </b>was born in 1984. He is the author of a memoir, <i>Two in a Million</i> (2008), and a collection of poetry, <i>Feather Silence </i>(2010), and has written for several newspapers and academic publications. He completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland in 2016.</p><p> </p>

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