Index

Contents

Preface: Realm of the Possible

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Problems of Discontinuity and Indeterminacy in a Secular World

1. After Life: Varieties of Immortality in the Secular World

2. Immortalism: The History of a Futuristic Movement

3. Suspension: Stretching Time between the Finite and the Infinite

4. Deanimation: Matter, Materialism, and Personhood beyond Death

5. Convergence: Secular Solipsism and the Mind of the Cosmos

6. Progress and Despair: The Perverse Dialectics of Immortality as Techno-Civilizing Mission

Notes

Bibliography

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