Posthumanism: a critical analysis

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,...

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Main Author: Herbrechter, Stefan (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
German
Published: London [u.a.] Bloomsbury 2013
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Online Access:Verlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis, Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://www.gbv.de/dms/weimar/toc/821403524_toc.pdf
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Author Notes:Stefan Herbrechter
Table of Contents:
  • Towards a critical posthumanismGenealogy of posthumanism
  • Our posthuman humanity and the multiplicity of its forms
  • Posthumanism and science fiction
  • Interdisciplinarity and the posthumanities
  • Posthumanism, digitalization, and new media
  • Posthumanity, subject, and system
  • Other side of life.