ABSTRACT

“Historicity” describes the human condition during one’s life course, marked by contingency and freedom, temporality and finitude. The concept also occurs in evolutionary biology, social sciences and psychology, highlighting history and context. Hannah Arendt situates the capacity for new beginnings at the essence of human beings (natality), allowing for new generations. Transhumanist narratives are shown as foreign to the concept of historicity due to a view of human nature, the load of accumulated past, and directed evolution. Finally, the “back to dust” motif is related to finitude, suggesting that new technologies may move us away from humanness.

摘要

“历史性”描述了一个人生命历程中的人类状况，以偶然性和自由性、时间性和有限性为标志。这个概念也出现在进化生物学、社会科学和心理学中，突出了历史和背景。汉娜·阿伦特 (Hannah Arendt) 将新开始的能力置于人类的本质（出生）中，从而产生新的世代。由于对人性的看法、积累的过去的负担和定向进化，超人类主义叙事被显示为与历史性概念无关。最后，“回归尘土”主题与有限性有关，表明新技术可能会让我们远离人性。