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PROSTHETIC IMMORTALITIES event at Western University with Adam R. Rosenthal

October 24 @ 4:45 pm 5:45 pm EST

Adam R. Rosenthal will join Western University in Stevenson Hall Room 3165 on Thursday, October 24, for a roundtable discussion on his new book, Prosthetic Immortalities: Biology, Transhumanism, and the Search for Indefinite Life at 4:45 p.m. EST.

This event is free and open to the public.

Join the Zoom meeting here: https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/97457089223
Meeting ID: 974 5708 9223


Prosthetic Immortalities examines the persistence of humans’ aspirations of deathlessness, showing that the link between immortalization and prostheticization is a ubiquitous element of the discourse of immortality. Arguing that the discovery of biological immortals, such as cancer cells and bacteria, present novel conceptual difficulties for traditional philosophical approaches to mortality and selfhood, Adam R. Rosenthal asks whether it is life itself that first births immortalizing prostheses.

“Rigorous, compelling, and beautifully written, Prosthetic Immortalities is at the vanguard of the new wave in Derrida studies. Problematizing and deconstructing transhumanist technologies, Adam R. Rosenthal offers to readers both clarity and new understanding as he lucidly and insightfully illuminates Derrida’s notions of ‘lifedeath’ and survival in the contexts of biology, technology, and ontology.”—Nicole Anderson, founding editor, Derrida Today Journal

“Adam R. Rosenthal conjures up the ghosts of metaphysics that return today through the promises of indefinite life from medical science and transhumanist speculations, moving brilliantly between science and science fiction. He provides us with the critical tools to exorcise the power of fascination exerted on us by discourses that claim to have a scientific status but are essentially based on our irrepressible fear of death.”—Francesco Vitale, author of Biodeconstruction: Jacques Derrida and the Life Sciences

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London, Ontario N6A 5B8 Canada
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