Overhuman and Hegemony in the Context of Trans-Humanism

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In today's structure, where technological developments are making greater breakthroughs day by day, many complex concepts brought about or created by technology are exposed. In particular, it is necessary to mention many concepts that have been newly conceptualised or have been mentioned again. Among these concepts, transhumanism, theorised by Julian Huxley is of particular importance. Indeed, the fact that this concept, which focuses on the elimination of situations that may be considered unnecessary for humanity with developing technologies, becomes realistically possible creates a very valuable formation. At the same time, Friedrich Nietzsche, with his concept of the overhuman (übermensch), emphasised that the creation of a kind of overhuman could be in question by evaluating the level of humanity in general between the animal level and the transhuman level. In this case, the concepts of transhumanism and overhuman have become intertwined. Likewise, when the concept of hegemony, which is frequently encountered in the works of Antonio Gramsci, that is, the dominant class gaining power with the permission of the subjugated, is handled together with the concepts of overhuman (overman, übermensch), trans-humanism, the process of imagining the future of the social structure obtained will also show a very important development. For this reason, within the scope of this article, which is written as a compilation study, literature review will be frequently utilised and each of the concepts mentioned in the title will be shed light on both in detail and by harmonising and associating them with each other. Thus, within the framework of the study, these concepts, which may affect each other in the future, will be handled holistically and will focus on the foundations of the future age that appears before us.