The reactionary character of transhumanism
The reactionary character of transhumanism On contemporary ideological superstructure laughlyn (johan eddebo) For all societies, classical Marxist theory posits both a material base, and an ideological and institutional superstructure that develops from the former. Contrary to what one might assume, there isn’t anything particularly esoteric about this. Any sort of society has to develop in a particular physical environment, circumscribed by such things as access to resources, climate, legacy infrastructure, geographical boundaries and so forth. To navigate and hopefully make efficient use of this environment, human beings then develop social arrangements which over time crystallize into the more stable things that sociologists call “institutions”. Language. Legal systems. Family structures. Organized militaries et.c. And in recreating and operating these institutions, we establish certain ways of thinking and speaking about the world. To facilitate the persistence of an institution ov...
