TY - BOOK AU - Majewski, Pawel AB - The subject of this book is the philosophy of Stanisław Lem. The first part contains an analysis and interpretation of one of his early works, The Dialogues. The author tries to show how Lem used the terminology of cybernetics to create a project of sociology and anthropology. The second part examines Lem’s essay Summa technologiae, which is considered as the project of human autoevolution. The term «autoevolution» is a neologism for the concept of humans taking control over their own biological evolution and form in order to improve the conditions of their being. In this interpretation, Summa is an example of a liberal utopia, based on the assumption that all human problems can be resolved by science. Various social theories, which can be linked to the project of autoevolution, are presented in the final part. DO - 10.3726/978-3-653-06830-6 ID - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20201221_9783653068306_5 KW - Animal KW - autoevolution KW - cybernetics KW - Kowalska KW - Lem’s KW - literary studies KW - Machine KW - Majewski KW - Malgorzata KW - Paweł KW - posthumanism KW - queer studies KW - Stanisław KW - Technological KW - transhumanism KW - Utopia L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/2cc045ec-74eb-4d89-a085-0f64347c8c0b/9783653068306.pdf LA - English LK - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45753 PB - Peter Lang International Academic Publishers PP - Bern PY - 2018 TI - Between an Animal and a Machine : Stanisław Lem’s Technological Utopia ER -