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ISSN : 1226-4946(Print)
ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
The Yeats Journal of Korea Vol.78 No. pp.191-204
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.2025.78.191

Beyond Flesh: Reimagining Transhuman Identity and Consciousness in the Posthuman Age

S. Dinesh Nathan, V. L. Jayapaul
Full-Time Research Scholar in the Department of English, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli
Research Supervisor & Associate Professor in the Department of English, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli

Abstract

Evolving human enhancement trajectories through transhumanism and posthuman theory throws insight on important paradigms which include genetic engineering, nanotechnology, artificial general intelligence, mind uploading, cryonics, and the technological singularity. Transhumanism is a critical inquiry that questions ontology that was once anthropocentric, but with the imagination of a future infused with technology. Theoretical perspectives of Rosi Braidotti, N. Katherine Hayles, and Kevin Kelly involve the speculative futures in which the identity is subjected to a transgression past the biological limit and incorporates code and machine, as well as a synthetic environments. In-depth analysis of Ramez Naam, Nexus, Natasha Vita-More, and Vernor Vinge, the singularity essay can create a profile of ethical, philosophical, and existential threats presented by these technologies. The emphasis is placed on the interactions between pharmaceuticals and digital technologies, the ambiguities about anti-aging bioethics, and the stabilization of personal identity in the post-biological transitions. Although these emerging technologies hold the promise of freedom from mortality and biological limits, they necessitate a stern reconsideration of human existence. The networked complexities of desire, innovation, and risk imply that transhuman futures discursively challenge simplistic binaries; the enduring demands of ethical deliberation.

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