Posthumanism

TY - CHAP

T1 - Posthumanism

AU - Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl

AU - Wamberg, Jacob

PY - 2023/8

Y1 - 2023/8

N2 - This article provides an overview of various positions in the heterogenous theoretical field termed “posthumanism.” Posthumanism may be understood as both an umbrella category for post-anthropocentric movements in general, from New Materialism to Anthropocene theories, and as a more specialized field that focuses on the prospects of deliberate technological modifications of the human body, often termed “the posthuman.” In the latter, body-centered and cyborgian approach, posthumanism supplements the typical Anthropocene focus on technology’s involuntary destructive effects on the planet’s environments.

AB - This article provides an overview of various positions in the heterogenous theoretical field termed “posthumanism.” Posthumanism may be understood as both an umbrella category for post-anthropocentric movements in general, from New Materialism to Anthropocene theories, and as a more specialized field that focuses on the prospects of deliberate technological modifications of the human body, often termed “the posthuman.” In the latter, body-centered and cyborgian approach, posthumanism supplements the typical Anthropocene focus on technology’s involuntary destructive effects on the planet’s environments.

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_112

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_112

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-3-031-25909-8

SN - 978-3-031-25912-8

SP - 689

EP - 694

BT - Handbook of the Anthropocene

A2 - Wallenhorst, Nathanaël

A2 - Wulf, Christoph

PB - Springer

CY - Cham

ER -