ABSTRACT
In section i of this chapter, I will outline the possibilities which postmodern society presents for a practical resolution of the historical paradox of civilization. I will also consider the potential dangers which postmodern symbolic arrest holds for such a resolution. Section ii elaborates this theme, and in section iii I consider its most developed form – the qualitative cyborg. Finally, in section iv, I hold that if this danger is to be avoided our understanding of civilization must be critically informed by a refoundational philosophy.
