(Un)learning to be human? : collected essays on critical posthumanism. Volume I / by Stefan Herbrechter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herbrechter, Stefan, author.

Series:

Critical posthumanisms (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 6.

Critical posthumanisms, 1872- 0943 ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Posthumanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 278 pages).

Other Title:

Unlearning to be human?

Collected essays on critical posthumanism

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface : returning to critical posthumanism

Introduction : critical posthumanism – ten years on

Ppoststructuralism and the end(s) of humanism

Posthumanism, subjectivity, autobiography

The rhetoric of the posthuman

(Un)ravelling

Posthumanist education?

(Un)learning to be human?

Posthumanism ‘without’ technology, or, how the media made us post/ human : from originary technicity to originary mediality

Postfiguration, or, the desire of the posthuman

Perfectibilities, or, how (not) to improve humans

Making humans better : posthumanism ‘beyond’ violence

Conclusion : dehumanisation, or, humanism without humans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Herbrechter, Stefan. (Un)learning to be human?

ISBN:

9789004708266

900470826X

OCLC:

1463263239

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license