(Un)Learning to Be Human?

Collected Essays on Critical Posthumanism, Volume 1
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-70825-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 613 g

Reihe: Critical Posthumanisms

Critical posthumanism is a theory paradigm that has become hugely influential across the humanities and social sciences in the last twenty years. This volume collects essays written over the last decade by one of the founders and leading figures of this movement. Originally a reaction to accelerated technological and media change that challenges traditional notions of what it means to be human, posthumanism (as opposed to transhumanism) has developed into a general critique and reappraisal of life after humanism and anthropocentrism. The essays collected here are dealing with aspects of education, technology, politics, media and art, and share a focus on how to critique and unlearn traditional understandings of humanness and (re)learn what it means to be human differently.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herbrechter, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Herbrechter held academic positions at the Universität Heidelberg, Germany, Leedstrinity University and Coventry University, UK. He has published widely on English and comparative literature, cultural theory and media studies and is the author of Posthumanism – A Critical Analysis (Bloomsbury, 2013) and Before Humanity (Brill, 2021), as well as the editor of the Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism (Springer, 2022), director of the Critical Posthumanism Network (http://criticalposthumanism.net/) and general editor of the Critical Posthumanisms series (https://brill.com/view/serial/CPH). For more detailed information please go to stefanherbrechter.com.