On the politics of becoming cyborg: Politics and state in posthuman era

Discussions on the who and what conception of humanity in the 20th and 21st centuries have brought forth the idea that different classifications and definitions can be a way of positioning humans. The transhumanist thought system aims at overcoming the limitations of humans and improving them thanks to technology. In Transhumanism(s), 'posthuman' belongs to the future. Posthuman represents the next step of evolutionary progress by increasing the capacity of humans as an enhancement (H+) with technology. It is the future name of humans. This thesis is about the search for a 'politics' around the 'posthuman' conceptions of transhumanism(s). In this study, the outputs of the libertarian transhumanist theory on the TV series based on the novel as Altered Carbon universe have been examined to embody the theoretical framework beyond the abstractness of the posthuman concept. The aim is to emphasize the importance of the power of imagination, rather than the 'reinterpretation' of libertarian theory or existing political theories, and to discuss the necessity of new theories for social and political enhancement besides the physical enhancement that transhumanist philosophy aims at its core. For transhumanist politics, new bodies, new technologies, and new living spaces should be considered political objects waiting to be imagined. Otherwise, reality will not be different from the dystopia we are used to reading and watching. If a better future is desired, it must be imagined and thought through. Defining transhumanism as an evil ideology through prejudice is an acknowledgment of the dystopian reality we live in every day. It is necessary to imagine the future and try to reach it, both by supporting technologies and by examining their social and political structure. Because the essence of politics belongs to humans yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The only way to shape the future is to think about it.