Posthumanism

Mads Rosendahl Thomsen; Jacob Wamberg

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_112

Posthumanism

Mads Rosendahl Thomsen^*, Jacob Wamberg

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of the Anthropocene : Humans between Heritage and Future
Editors	Nathanaël Wallenhorst, Christoph Wulf
Number of pages	5
Place of publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	Aug 2023
Edition	1
Pages	689-694
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-25909-8, 978-3-031-25912-8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-25910-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_112
Publication status	Published - Aug 2023

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