Zaratustra en "La montaña mágica": confluencias transhumanistas
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2018
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Este trabajo se centra en realizar una interpretación transhumanista de La montaña mágica (1924) del escritor alemán Thomas Mann ya que encontramos en esta novela numerosas características que pueden relacionarse con esta novedosa corriente filosófica. Además, aunque Mann no escribiese esta obra pensando en el transhumanismo; que se gestó muy posteriormente, sí que se vio fuertemente influenciado por la filosofía vitalista de Nietzsche; sobre quien se debate si podría ser denominado precursor de la posterior filosofía transhumanista. Por todo ello, el trabajo se dividirá en cuatro capítulos que atienden a algunas de las características que engloban el transhumanismo, puestas en relación con la novela de Mann: una nueva definición de ser humano, un cambio en la relación con la naturaleza, una nueva concepción del tiempo y, finalmente, la búsqueda de un nuevo sentido existencial en esta corriente tan compleja como fascinante a nivel filosófico.
This paper is focused on creating a transhumanist interpretation about Thomas Mann´s Magic Mountain (1924) because there are some caracteristics which are likely to be linked with this philosophical movement. Moreover, even if Mann did not write this novel thinking about transhumanism; as it was later elaborated, he was strongly influenced by Nietzsche´s vitalism; whose work is said to be an inspiration for transhumanism. That is why this paper will be organised in four chapters in order to attend some of the transhumanism´ characteristics related with Mann´s novel: a new human being definition, a change in the relationship between nature and human, a new temporal conception and, finally, the pursuit of a new meaning of life.
This paper is focused on creating a transhumanist interpretation about Thomas Mann´s Magic Mountain (1924) because there are some caracteristics which are likely to be linked with this philosophical movement. Moreover, even if Mann did not write this novel thinking about transhumanism; as it was later elaborated, he was strongly influenced by Nietzsche´s vitalism; whose work is said to be an inspiration for transhumanism. That is why this paper will be organised in four chapters in order to attend some of the transhumanism´ characteristics related with Mann´s novel: a new human being definition, a change in the relationship between nature and human, a new temporal conception and, finally, the pursuit of a new meaning of life.