Format:
1 Online-Ressource ( xvii, 278 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
2019
ISBN:
9781350059511
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9781350059498
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9781350059481
Series Statement:
Theory in the new humanities
Content:
"The notion of 'the human' is in need of urgent redefinition. At a time of radical bio-technological developments, and in light of the political and environmental imperatives of our age, the term 'posthuman' provides an alternative. The philosophical landscape which has developed as a response to the crisis of the human, includes several movements, such as: Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Antihumanism and Object Oriented Ontology. This book explains the similarities and differences between these currents and offers a detailed examination of a number of topics that fall under the "posthuman" umbrella, including the anthropocene, artificial intelligence and the deconstruction of the human. Francesca Ferrando affords particular focus to Philosophical Posthumanism, defined as a philosophy of mediation which addresses the meaning of humanity not in separation, but in relation to technology and ecology. The posthuman shift thus emerges in the global call for social change, responsible science and multispecies coexistence."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
Foreword: -- The Posthuman As Exuberant Excess by Rosi Braidotti -- Introduction: -- From Humans to Posthumans -- 1. Part 1 -- What is Philosophical Posthumanism? -- 1. Premises -- 2. From Postmodern to Posthuman -- 3. Posthumanism and Its Others -- 4. The Birth of Transhumanism -- 5. Contemporary Transhumanism(s) -- 6 The Roots of Transhumanism -- 7 Transhumanism and Techno-Enchantment -- 8. Posthumanist Technologies as Ways of Revealing -- 9. Antihumanism and the Übermensch -- 10. Philosophical Posthumanism -- Interlude 1 -- Part 2 -- Of Which "Human" is the Posthuman a "Post"? -- 11. The Power of the Hyphen -- 12. Humanizing -- 13. The Anthropological Machine -- 14. Almost, Human -- 15. Technologies of the Self as Posthumanist (Re)Sources -- 16. The Epiphany of Becoming Human -- 17. Where does the word "human" come from? -- 18. Mammals or Homo sapiens? -- Interlude 2 -- Part 3 -- Have We Always Been Posthuman? -- 19. Post-Anthropocentrism in the Anthropocene -- 20. Posthuman Life -- a. Bios and Zoe -- b. Animate / Inanimate -- 21. Artificial Life -- 22. Evolving Species -- 23. Posthumanities -- 24. Posthuman Bioethics -- 25. Human Enhancement -- 26. Cognitive Autopoiesis -- 27. Posthumanist Perspectivism -- 28. From New Materialisms to Object Oriented Ontology -- 29. Philosophical Posthumanist Ontology -- 30. The Multiverse -- a. The Multiverse in Science -- b. The Multiverse in Philosophy -- c. A Thought Experiment: The Posthuman Multiverse.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Dissertation Università degli studi di Roma Tre 2013
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350059504
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ferrando, Francesca Philosophical posthumanism London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 ISBN 9781350059504
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1350059501
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.5040/9781350059511
Author information:
Braidotti, Rosi 1954-
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