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The fundamental historical roots of [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism are deeply grounded in the [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russian artistic avant-garde movements, which flourished in the context of the broad spectrum of [[File:Awaj.png]] anarchist, [[File:Soc-h.png]] socialist, and [[File:Ormarxf.png]] communist movements that immediately preceded the [[w:Russian_Revolution|Russian Revolution]], and very briefly followed it until the Socialist realism art movement picked up and replaced it. This very broad radical cultural milieu saw the birth of the artistic and literary [[Futurism]], alongside a wide range of related movements such as [[w:Rayonism|Rayonism]], [[w:Cubo-Futurism|Cubo-Futurism]], [[File:Suprematism.png]] [[w:Suprematism|Suprematism]], [[w:Orphism_(art)|Orphism]]. The visual arts and poetry of these Russian avant-garde movements were dominated by a broad mythology of [[File:Technocracy.png]] technoscientific progress, a visionary modernity deeply rooted in [[File:Awaj.png]] anarchist and [[File:Soc-h.png]] socialist philosophy. Images of trains were widespread, as symbols of a revolutionary modernity that collectively drives humanity towards the future, through a new level of connectedness that transcended state and class boundaries. Other dominant iconological themes included the human body as mechanism and the blending of body and machine (from Oskar Schlemmer's mechanical ballet figures to [[File:Honk.png]] Capek's robots), the myth of electrification as modernization and as metaphor for revolutionary political power, the image of the city as dynamical hub of radical societal transformations and [[File:Technocracy.png]] technoscientific innovations, and the early developments of a mythology of outer space and of the connection between human progressive destiny and the exploration of the cosmos.

It is within this general cultural and political background that the philosophical movement of [[w:Russian_cosmism|Cosmism]] (sometimes referred to as [[File:Ectrans.png]] Biocosmism) flourished. This was the direct origin of modern [[File:Transh.png]] Transhumanism, and it exhibited several of the most important themes one encounters in its contemporary forms. Like its modern transhumanist counterpart, Russian Cosmism was a very composite movement, where some representative figures stirred closer to [[File:CCRU.png]] mysticism and religion, while others embraced [[File:Awaj.png]] anarchist, [[File:Soc-h.png]] socialist, and [[File:Ormarxf.png]] communist ideals. Cosmist thinkers advocated the radical extension of human life, the conquest of immortality through scientific means, the merging of human and machine, and the quest for space exploration and the creation of human settlements outside the Earth. The Cosmist philosophical movement in turn deeply influenced the scientists who in later decades realized the Soviet space program, starting with [[w:Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky|Konstantin Tsiolkovsky]], the father of Soviet Cosmonautics.

The convergence of [[File:Awaj.png]] Anarchism and [[File:Soc-h.png]] Socialism with Cosmism and Futurism that took place in the years leading up to the Russian Revolution remains a profound source of inspiration for the modern movements combining [[File:Awaj.png]] Anarchism and [[File:Transh.png]] Transhumanism.

Its modern philosophy draws heavily from the [[File:Anin.png]] [[Anarcho-Individualism|individualist anarchism]] of [[File:Philan.png]] [[Philosophical Anarchism|William Godwin]], [[File:Anego.png]] [[Anarcho-Egoism|Max Stirner]] and [[File:Awaj.png]] [[Anarchism|Voltairine de Cleyre]] as well as the [[File:Cyborgfem.png]] [[CyberFeminism|cyberfeminism]] presented by [[w:Donna_Haraway|Donna Haraway]] in [https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fictionnownarrativemediaandtheoryinthe21stcentury/manifestly_haraway_----_a_cyborg_manifesto_science_technology_and_socialist-feminism_in_the_....pdf A Cyborg Manifesto].

Cyberpunk and it's subsequent [[w:Cyberpunk_derivatives|sub-genres]] have heavily influenced [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism, notably [[w:Biopunk|Biopunk]], [[w:Nanopunk|Nanopunk]] and [[File:Solarpunk.png]] [[Technogaianism|Solarpunk]].

Much of early [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanist thought was a response to [[File:Anprim.png]] [[Anarcho-Primitivism]]. However, some [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanists are [[File:Postciv.png]] [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/strangers-in-a-tangled-wilderness-post-civ-a-brief-philosophical-and-political-introduction-to Post-Civ].

Some aesthetics commonly associated with [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism, especially among online users, are the [[File:Vaporwave.png]] [https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Vaporwave Vaporwave], [https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Synthwave Outrun] and [https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Y2K Kaybug] aesthetics, notable for their retro-futuristic technological influences, indicating that [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism isn't just about modern technology, but also the utilization of much of the technology that previous generations associated with being "futuristic" at the time. Older tech is also often used in @H+ praxis as it is less easier to track activity than more modern devices.

[[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism may be interpreted either as [[File:Anti-Humanism.png]] [[Anti-Humanism|criticism of]], or an [[File:POSTHUMANISMICON.png]] [[Post-Humanism|extension of]] [[File:Humanismpix.png]] [[Humanism|humanism]], because it challenges what being human means.

Borrowing from [[File:Antech.png]] [[Techno-Anarchism|techno-anarchism]], anarchist activist [[File:Antr.png]] William Gillis and others argue that the disruptive nature of emergent technologies are either incompatible or extremely dangerous with hierarchical structures of today, including representative or majoritarian democracy. Failure to challenge physical and social conditions together has been argued to risk [[File:Captrans.png]] [[Capitalist Transhumanism|oligarchic transhumanism]], [[File:Anprim.png]] [[Anarcho-Primitivism|primitivism]], or even [[File:VHMent.png]] [[Antinatalism|extinction]].

[[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanists also criticize non-anarchist forms of transhumanism such as [[File:Nattrans.png]] [[Nazi Transhumanism]] and [[File:Libtrans.png]] [[Libertarian Transhumanism]] as incoherent and unsurvivable due to their preservation of the state. They view such instruments of power as inherently unethical and incompatible with the acceleration of social and material freedom for all individuals. [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism is [[File:Anticap.png]] anti-capitalist, arguing [[File:Cap.png]] capitalist accumulation of wealth would lead to dystopia while partnered with [[File:Transh.png]] transhumanism. [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanism advocates for equal access to advanced technologies that enable morphological freedom and space travel.

Individual [[File:Antr.png]] Anarcho-Transhumanists may or may not be singularitarians, variously considering an anarchist society and hypothesized singularity events as prerequisites, mutually exclusive, or inevitable outcomes of one another.

[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism|Libertarian socialism]] and [[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Communism (Disambiguation)|communism]] are commonly supported systems, possibly made more viable by a transition to post-scarcity. This transition could be facilitated by manufacturing techniques enabled by 3D Printing and nanofabrication.

AnH+ basically acts in a similar manner to [[File:Transh.png]] [[Transhumanism]], but with [[File:Awaj.png]] [[:Category:Anarchists|Anarchist]] personality traits. To represent the individualist approach to transhumanism, AnH+ will use python when speaking.