Being Posthuman
Ontologies of the Future
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Date of Publication: 14 January 2021
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781350151093 |
| ISBN10: | 1350151092 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 288 pages |
| Size: | 216x138 mm |
| Weight: | 362 g |
| Language: | English |
| 271 |
Category:
Philosophy in general
Metaphysics and ontology
Literature in general, reference works
Further readings in philosophy
Gender studies
Cultural studies
Psychology theory
Philosophy in general (charity campaign)
Metaphysics and ontology (charity campaign)
Literature in general, reference works (charity campaign)
Further readings in philosophy (charity campaign)
Gender studies (charity campaign)
Cultural studies (charity campaign)
Psychology theory (charity campaign)
Long description:
Posthumanism is both a descriptive and a prescriptive term. Firstly, it registers a shift beginning in the late 1960s and epitomized by Foucault's "the death of Man". Secondly, it refers to the future and a new relationship with the non-human, along with a different understanding of human exceptionalism.
In Being Posthuman: Ontologies of the Future, Zahi Zalloua interrogates this future and shows that "post-" does not necessarily mean 'after' or that what comes after is more advanced than what has gone before. He pursues this line of inquiry across four distinct, yet interrelated, figures: cyborgs, animals, objects, and racialized and excluded 'others'. These figures disrupt the narrative of the 'human' and its singularity and by reading them together, Zalloua determines that it is only when posthumanist discourse is combined with psychoanalysis that subjectivity can be properly examined.
In Being Posthuman: Ontologies of the Future, Zahi Zalloua interrogates this future and shows that "post-" does not necessarily mean 'after' or that what comes after is more advanced than what has gone before. He pursues this line of inquiry across four distinct, yet interrelated, figures: cyborgs, animals, objects, and racialized and excluded 'others'. These figures disrupt the narrative of the 'human' and its singularity and by reading them together, Zalloua determines that it is only when posthumanist discourse is combined with psychoanalysis that subjectivity can be properly examined.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Improper of the Human
Chapter 1: Cyborgs
Chapter 2: Animals
Chapter 3: Object Fever
Chapter 4: Black Being
Conclusion: Inhuman Posthumanism
Chapter 1: Cyborgs
Chapter 2: Animals
Chapter 3: Object Fever
Chapter 4: Black Being
Conclusion: Inhuman Posthumanism
