Frankenstein: Texts and Contexts

In this 2021 paper Alexey Turchin and Maxim Chernyakov "list all known ways to resurrect the dead that do not contradict our current scientific understanding of the world."

Oxford University professor and philosopher Nick Bostrom suggests that with human enhancement "we could become better able to appreciate and secure many forms of dignity that are overlooked or missing under current conditions."

Nick Bostrom's 2005 essay on the history of human enhancement as a way of surpassing biological limitations.

Humanity Plus is the world's premier organization advocating a transhumanist philosophy of life.

Nick Bostrom argues that the possibility of a posthuman concept of dignity weakens any objections to a posthuman future.

Laboria Cuboniks is an international xenofeminist collective that advocates a posthumanist, anti-naturalist feminist future that abolishes gender.

In Donna Haraway's influential essay, she writes that "cyborg imagery can suggest a way out of the maze of dualisms in which we have explained our bodies and our tools to ourselves" (67).

This article contends that tragedy of 'Frankenstein' lies in Victor's inability to extend his ethics to include the other-than-human, thereby preventing him from becoming posthumanist along with his creation.

The foundational document of transhumanism. It was originally drafted in 1998 by an international group of writers and thinkers.

This FAQ is the work of a group of transhumanist thinkers. It was first published in 1998 and has been periodically updated to keep pace with technology.

Nick Bostrom explains how a posthumanity achieved through extreme enhancement might benefit our species.