The contribution examines transhumanism from the perspective of political science. It shows in detail that it is a true political ideology which aims at promoting a ?New Human Being?. By adopting a problem solving strategy, it fractures into numerous discursive fields specifically adapted to each specific context in order to achieve it. The analysis of the transhumanist discourse shows that it comes with, and justifies an additional commodification of human life as the result of the fourth industrial revolution through a massive use of NBIC technology ?convergence?, leading to an important break within the evolution of capitalism. Hence, transhumanism - having now reached the level of a political ?grand plan? - promotes the interests of the big high-tech multinational business companies which in turn support the large-scale dissemination of the ideology.