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IEET > Fellows > Riccardo Campa

Riccardo Campa

Riccardo Campa is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Cracow, where he teaches “sociology of science and technology” and “sociology and psychology of terrorism”. He is the author of Epistemological Dimensions of Robert Merton’s Sociology and Il filosofo è nudo. He received a Ph.D. in Sociology at the Nicholas Copernicus University of Torun (Poland), and two Masters degrees, in Political Sciences and Philosophy, at the University of Bologna (Italy). Before starting his academic career, Campa served as Lieutenant of the police corp “Guardia di Finanza”, investigating especially organized crime. Afterwards, he worked as a journalist for newspaper “La Voce di Mantova” and newsmagazine “Il Mondo”. In the academic year 2004-2005 he won a fellowship offered by NATO to research about ethical aspects of scientific and technological development. Presently, he writes regularly for the socialist journal “MondOperaio”. He is the founder and the president of the Italian Transhumanist Association.  He is also a musician who has recorded more than fifteen albums as a solo artist and with his bands.


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Books


Mutare o perire. La sfida del transumanesimo (Change or Perish. The Challenge of Transhumanism) by Riccardo Campa (2010)

Etica della scienza pura by Riccardo Campa (2007)

Il Filosofo é Nudo by Riccardo Campa (2001)

Epistemological Dimensions of Robert Merton’s Sociology by Riccardo Campa (2001)


Articles


"Toward a transhumanist politics"   Re-Public  Jun 24, 2009

"Italian Transhumanist Manifesto"   Italian Transhumanist Association  Jul 29, 2008

"Making Science by Serendipity"   International Sociology  Nov 1, 2006

"Postmodernism is Old, Let Us Go Further"   Polish Sociological Review  Nov 25, 2005


Upcoming Appearances


Transvision 2010 (Lake Como, Northern Italy - Sep 02, 2010)


Recent Multimedia


Hughes, Bostrom, de Grey & Campa in Italian documentary   2006-11-21


News


Campa Publishes Book on Transhumanism in Italian (Jan 26, 2010)

Brugnols blog publishes interview with Riccardo (in Italian) (Feb 03, 2009)

Papal Encyclical on Technology and Immortality (Nov 30, 2007)

Hughes, Bostrom, de Grey & Campa in Italian documentary (Nov 21, 2006)

R. Campa featured in spread in Voce di Mantova (Apr 21, 2006)

Riccardo Campa interviewed by Italian magazine (Apr 12, 2006)

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