Posthumanism / Alan Smart and Josephine Smart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smart, Alan, author.

Smart, Josephine, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Anthropological insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanism--History--21st century.

Humanism.

Philosophical anthropology.

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Technological forecasting.

Human body (Philosophy).

Diseases--Social aspects.

Diseases.

Cyborgs.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 121 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

North York, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Designed to bring the excitement of posthumanist discussions to the undergraduate classroom, this brief and accessible book makes an original argument about anthropology's legacy as a study of 'more than human.' Smart and Smart return to the holism of classic ethnographies where cattle, pigs, yams, and sorcerers were central to the lives that were narrated by anthropologists, but they extend the discussion to include contemporary issues such as microbiomes, the Anthropocene, and nano-machines, which take holism beyond locally bounded spaces. They outline what a holism without boundaries could look like, and what anthropology could offer to the knowledge of more-than-human nature in the past, present, and future."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Posthumanism

Zoonotic diseases and the microbiome

Multispecies ethnography

Technology, cyborgs, and transhumanism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Smart, Alan. Posthumanism.

ISBN:

9781442636422

9781442636415

1442636416

1442636424

OCLC:

962005377

Publisher Number:

99974884515