An inquiry into how the practice of Cryonics effects and shapes understandings of identity, body and death, in postmodern Christianity.
The practice of cryonics could only flourish in the postmodern era, a time peppered by society's growing emphasis on body and identity. Western culture has progressed to a denial of age and as a symbiotic result, death. This essay will particularly utilise the work and ideology of Zygmunt Bauman, Anthony Giddens, David Ray Griffin and Mark C. Taylor among others. Attempting to show that our changing relationship with death, promoted by cryonics, is a reaction to our time and cultural conditioning, as Bauman argued our society no longer provides a reliable frame of reference . We are left to carve out our own identities without any sense of community, and the shared identity that a community can make possible, to help us negotiate socially acceptable behaviour. Death today has become a threat to our sense of rationality and undermines the control we desire to have over our bodies, souls and identities. Arguments presented by this essay regarding the changing understandings of body, death and identity need to be considered from both a theological and sociological perspective. Human identity itself, and the means of grasping and expressing our knowledge of the human, the episteme, is not possessed by any one discipline or field of knowledge precisely because of the evolutionary differentiation and changing basic configurations of the disciplines in the absence of overarching means of integration. This is a convincing argument that encapsulates the reasons and necessity of combining these two methods of thinking, which becomes especially pertinent when exploring existential concepts. Understandings of identity, body and death and the disciplines we use to examine such ideas evolve with time and in the absence of a universal discipline that encompasses all such idiosyncrasies it is necessary to combine several.
I believe there should be no question on whether or not cryonics should be considered an illegal practice or an immoral practice. ... What is cryonics? ... How are these people different? ... How is that immoral? ... They couldn't make cryonics illegal without making many other debated practices illegal as well. ...
Cryonics is the study and practice of keeping a newly dead body at an extremely low temperature with the purpose of preserving and hopefully restoring it to life at some future date; perhaps decades or even centuries later (Alcor Life Extension Foundation, 1993, p. 60). ... While the practice of cryonics has only been around for about 50 years, the idea of preserving a human body after death, and later reviving it, has been around for hundreds of years. ... Critics of cryonics think that the future painted by cryonics supporters is too optimistic. ... They also point to the fact that studies m...
Although science has not yet found a way to reverse this process, it is based on the expectation that the future of medical technology and science will be able to cure today's diseases, reverse the effects of aging, and repair any injury caused by the suspension process. ... This is the discipline known as cryonics. Cryonics is about life, not death. ... Cryonics makes it so that life is conquered. ... While cryonics is still controversial, growing numbers of respected mainstream scientists, researchers, and medical doctors, particularly in the fi...
A cryonist at the hospital where she gets treatment told her how cryonics freezes people when they are pronounced dead. ... Schaer a news writer wrote this, "THE WORD "cryonics"- the practice of freezing a dead body in hopes of someday reviving it- didn't enter the dictionary until 1967. ... Cryonic suspension could cause over population and wasted money, cell damage and the patients could possibly be used as guinea pigs, and how will they adapt to the future? ... Therefore, today's society should not be able to invest in and/or participate in cryonic suspension until it has been ...
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The Stolen Generation has had a traumatic effect on Aboriginal people, their identities and links with their Aboriginal culture. These tremendous effects are still continuing towards the Aboriginal society through the policies and practices that were in place at the time. ... The Governments policies and practices regarding the removal of children, their treatment and the continuing effects cannot be resolved, despite the occurrence of the National Inquiry. ... The National Inquiry into the Separation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families is an investigation o...
Though technology is already keeping people alive who otherwise would have died with little debate, the rising trend of cryonics is perhaps the next big step for mankind "giving anyone the power to play God. ... Is cryonics only a marketing ploy taking advantage of the fear of death in all of us and capitalizing on our unconscious belief that we are omnipotent and immortal? Perhaps it doesn't matter if cryonics will indeed allow humans to live forever or if it is just wishful thinking and denial of mankind's limits of controlling life. Cryonics offers much more than life, it ...
These are Cloning, Cryonics, Calorie Restriction and Hormone Replacement Therapy. ... There are two types of cryonics, Neuropreservation and Full Body suspension. ... The findings from these studies proved that this diet extends life but many people are skeptical on the how healthy a person following the program would be. ... There are also unwelcome side effects, including increased hairiness and acne. ... These are Cloning, Cryonics, Calorie Restriction and Hormone Replacement Therapy. ...
Gender Identity Disorder is not a common area of research, and this is honestly very disappointing. ... Gender Identity Disorder has many effects on the youth that is diagnosed with it, with or without treatment, and many grow up and identify as homosexual either way. ... Short-term effects of gender identity disorder can include a lot of symptoms and odd functionalities. ... These effects can affect the parent of the child, but you must realize that they have no idea how to deal with the way they are, so you must (Hoffman, 2003). ... Yes, there is treatment for youth diagnosed with gender id...
