The latest issue (volume 21, issue 1) of the IEET’s Journal of Evolution and Technology, devoted to Nietzsche and European posthumanisms, is now complete. This issue takes off in response to an article on Nietzsche and transhumanism by Stefan Sorgner, published in March last year; it contains a mix of full articles and shorter responses by William Sims Bainbridge, Max More, and others.

JET editor-in-chief Russell Blackford says:

I encourage you to have a look at the current issue, which contains some fascinating and sometimes contentious material. Amongst other items, I recommend More’s reflections on Nietzsche (and the German philosopher’s influence on More’s own thinking) and Ilia Stambler’s historical study of precursors to transhumanism in the fin-de-siècle and early twentieth century.

Much of the discussion is potentially controversial, so we also welcome the submission of articles that seek to take up any of the issues raised by the contributors. It remains our goal to encourage high quality debate on such topics as emerging technologies, transhumanist ambitions, and the human future (the nearest thing to my personal editorial manifesto can be found here).