@article{article_446662, title={Transhumanism and Singularity: A Comparative Analysis of a Radical Perspective in Contemporary Works}, journal={Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi}, volume={18}, pages={39–49}, year={2019}, DOI={10.21547/jss.446662}, author={Edman, Timuçin Buğra}, keywords={Transhümanizm,Tekillik,Ölümsüzlük,Sanal Gerçeklik}, abstract={<p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-us">A new literary tendency of the 21 <sup> <font size="2">st </font> </sup> century
has reached a certain level where it encapsulates both the past and future of
humans. We call this tendency ‘transhumanism’ </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="margin:0px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">, </span> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> and it endeavors to combine science and technology through
the filtration of fantastic elements of literature to amalgamate the entity of
man and the ideas of singularity and immortality. The choice of three contemporary
novels, namely <i>Brave New World </i>, <i>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? </i> and <i>The Transhumanist Wager </i> brings a
consolidation towards the initiated movement of transhumanism in literature.
Therefore, in principal, the first aim of this article is to present how the
basic logic of transhumanism embodied in the selected contemporary works. For
this reason, a transhumanist analysis of works will be applied on them after an
explanation of the different perceptions of transhumanism since it is a fresh
approach. A secondary objective of this text is to redeem the idea of
singularity and immortality in the 21 <sup> <font size="2">st </font> </sup> century to demonstrate the
journey of this ever-lasting desire. The continuation of this longing from
ancient times to our own is not something astonishing, but the way this desire
maintains and manifests itself through science and literature is worth
mentioning. </span> </p> <font face="Times New Roman"> </font> <br />}, number={1}, publisher={Gaziantep Üniversitesi}