Posthumanism
a critical analysis
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Author
Publication
2013 - Bloomsbury, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
59,750 words, Guess
Page Count
239 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31128199M
- ISBN-139781780936062
- OCLC Control Number841039458
- OCLC Control Number1166496870
- Library of Congress Control Number2013005642
Classifications
- DDC149
- LCCBD450 .H467813 2013
Description
What does it mean to be human today? The answer to this question, which is as old as the human species itself, is becoming less and less certain. Current technological developments increasingly erode our traditional humanist reflexes: consciousness, emotion, language, intelligence, morality, humour, mortality - all these no longer demonstrate the unique character and value of human existence. Instead, the spectre of the 'posthuman' is now being widely invoked as the 'inevitable' next evolutionary stage that humans are facing. Who comes after the human? This is the question that posthumanists are taking as their starting point. This critical introduction understands posthumanism as a discourse, which, in principle, includes everything that has been and is being said about the figure of the 'posthuman'. It outlines the genealogy of the various posthuman 'scenarios' in circulation and engages with their theoretical and philosophical assumptions and social and political implications.
Other Editions
- Posthumanism: a critical analysis
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