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Posthumanism
What is posthumanism and why does it matter? This reader offers an introduction to the ways in which humanism's belief in the natural supremacy of the Family of Man has been called into question at different moments and from different theoretical positions. What is the relationship between posthumanism and technology? Can posthumanism have a politics - post-colonial or feminist? Are postmodernism and poststructuralism posthumanist? What happens when critical theory meets Hollywood cinema? What links posthumanism to science fiction? Posthumanism addresses these and other questions in an attempt to come to terms with one of the most pressing issues facing contemporary society.
172 pages, Paperback
First published November 25, 2000
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Neil Badmington
21 books4 followersNeil Badmington is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Criticism and English Literature at Cardiff University.
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January 25, 2020
All in all, not a bad collection of essays for such a huge topic.
The collections give us somewhat of a guide through the areas of post-humanism, the decentering of the image of what it means to be human.
This collection ends in postmodernism with the end of the grand narrative, and the fragmentation of the narrative ethos. We consider in this collection, how to center ourselves and what should in fact be a centering of us, if there should be an us at all. Or if we are caught in larger forces that throw us about with or without aim.
To some degree, I found this to be an eclectic collection. Most collections are somewhat eclectic, lacking some kind of central axis with which to place ourselves. This is somewhat apt, as post-humanism, as a whole, is fragmentary and for that reason there is nothing to fault. Although if this was an introductory textbook, (say for college students) then it needs an outside resource, like a teacher, to guide the student through these texts. So it's okay, but I am not too enthusiastic about this collection.
If anything I would have started with Lyotard though, because that fragmentation is essentially the issue with humanism. Also, I would have picked a different excerpt from Foucault, one that actually talks about what humanism is, perhaps.
The collections give us somewhat of a guide through the areas of post-humanism, the decentering of the image of what it means to be human.
This collection ends in postmodernism with the end of the grand narrative, and the fragmentation of the narrative ethos. We consider in this collection, how to center ourselves and what should in fact be a centering of us, if there should be an us at all. Or if we are caught in larger forces that throw us about with or without aim.
To some degree, I found this to be an eclectic collection. Most collections are somewhat eclectic, lacking some kind of central axis with which to place ourselves. This is somewhat apt, as post-humanism, as a whole, is fragmentary and for that reason there is nothing to fault. Although if this was an introductory textbook, (say for college students) then it needs an outside resource, like a teacher, to guide the student through these texts. So it's okay, but I am not too enthusiastic about this collection.
If anything I would have started with Lyotard though, because that fragmentation is essentially the issue with humanism. Also, I would have picked a different excerpt from Foucault, one that actually talks about what humanism is, perhaps.
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