Technoscientific Rationality and Capitalist Accumulation. Transhumanism as Alienation in Marx’s Humanist Approach

Baruc Jiménez Contreras ()
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Baruc Jiménez Contreras: Complutense University of Madrid

Chapter Chapter 5 in Science, Technology and Innovation in the History of Economic Thought, 2023, pp 87-106 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The transhumanist movement aims to liberate the human subject through scientific and technological development. However, from Marx’s notion of alienation, transhumanism can be conceived as a process that exacerbates the degree of subordination carried out by the capitalist system. This research presents the relationship between capitalist accumulation, scientific and technological development, and the alienation of the labour process. It delves into how technoscientific rationality and the capitalist pursuit of profitability have created a “Promethean gap,” manifested in the transhumanist movement. It examines the impact of technoscientific commodities in a transhumanist scenario. The chapter also shows how technoscientific rationality and the dynamics of capitalist accumulation are associated with generating transhumanist and utilitarian ideals. This aspect coincides with the intensification of the alienating and fetishist condition of the system.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-40139-8_5

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