The Future of Post-Human Space-Time: Conceiving a Better Way to Understand Space and Time

Baofu, Peter

ISBN 10: 0820488712 / ISBN 13: 9780820488714

Published by Peter Lang Inc., International A, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Future of Post-Human Space-Time: Conceiving a Better Way to Understand Space and Time
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International A
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820488712
• ISBN 13: 9780820488714
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Contrary to the conventional wisdom held by many in much of human history, in this book Peter Baofu here proposes what he calls «the perspectival theory of space-time.» According to this theory, there are multiple perspectives of space and time in society, culture, the mind, and nature, all of which are subject to «the regression-progression principle» in «existential dialectics.» These perspectives exist in society, culture, the mind, and nature with good reasons, being subject to «the symmetry-asymmetry principle» in «existential dialectics» and with some being more successful and hegemonic (dominant) than others. Furthermore and more importantly in the long haul, space and time as humans have known them will end and will eventually be altered by post-humans in different forms, be they here in this universe or in multiverses, subject to «the change-constancy principle» in «existential dialectics.»

About the Author

The Author: Peter Baofu is also the author of Beyond Nature and Nurture (2006), Beyond Civilization to Post-Civilization (Peter Lang, 2006), Beyond Capitalism to Post-Capitalism (2005), Beyond Democracy to Post-Democracy (2 volumes, 2004), The Future of Post-Human Consciousness (2004), The Future of Capitalism and Democracy (2002), and The Future of Human Civilization (2 volumes, 2000). He earned an entry to the list of «prominent and emerging writers» in Contemporary Authors (2005) and was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in the Far East. He has taught as a professor at different universities in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and North America. He finished more than five academic degrees, including a Ph.D. from M.I.T., and was a summa cum laude graduate.