Abstract
The new reader presents an up-to-date collection of seminal texts dedicated to all branches of debates on Posthuman Studies: Transhumanism, Critical Posthumanism and Metahumanism. It includes classical as well as cutting-edge contributions to these debates. The Posthuman Studies Reader is an indispensable resource for studying as well as teaching key concepts, central claims and main arguments of contemporary debates in the field of Posthuman Studies. The reader includes texts by: Neil Badmington, Karen Barad, Nick Bostrom, Rosi Braidotti, Claire Colebrook, Jaime del Val, FM-2030, Francis Fukuyama, Elaine Graham, Donna Haraway, Ihab Habib Hassan, N. Katherine Hayles, James Hughes, Julian Huxley, Brian Massumi, Max More, David Pearce, Anders Sandberg, Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, Stelarc, Natasha Vita-More and Cary Wolfe.
Schlagworte
Metahumanism Key concepts Essay collection Posthumanism Transhumanism Posthuman movements Debates- 7–8 Contents 7–8
- 11–14 Introduction 11–14
- 43–136 B. TRANSHUMANISM 43–136
- 139–278 C. POSTHUMANISM 139–278
- 281–308 D. METAHUMANISM 281–308
- 309–330 References 309–330
- 331–335 Permissions 331–335
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- „... contemporary Posthumanism. Before becoming a key thinker in the field, she made a pioneering contribution to ...” „... inspired by these new trans-disciplinary models of thought. The key to everything for me lies in the ...” „... p er so na l u se – O pe n a cc es s n ot p er m it te d process-oriented, not concept ...”
- „... , Epicurus (341–270 BC) discussed how “[…] the concept of correcting habits of thought, which confers a ...” „... now widely accepted as a foundational concept in science and a unifying theory explaining the ...” „... melt. The concept of overhumanity is therefore an ideal to which humanity should strive, and it is a ...”
- „... Culture?” (1977). This relationship between both concepts seems to be extremely important for ...” „... . These theses perhaps herald later performative concepts of Posthumanism, e. g. in the works of Karen ...” „... to the evolution of human consciousness as well as the historically and socially conditioned concept ...”
- „... becomes one of the key categories of Posthumanism. Massumi also touches upon the problems of animal rights ...” „... theoretical assumption of his work related to the concept of ‘obsolete body’. Original text : Massumi, B ...” „... suspended body is a sensible concept: the implications of the event are felt first, before being thought-out ...”
- „... Stefan Lorenz Sorgner teaches philosophy at John Cabot University in Rome and is a key figure in the ...” „... fundamental similarities between transhumanism and Nietzsche’s philosophy, especially concerning the concept ...” „... , I will compare the concept of the posthuman to that of Nietzsche’s overhuman, focus- 2 The British ...”
- „... an indispensable resource for studying as well as teaching key concepts, central claims, and main ...”
- „... , alas, mark a rethinking of the key concepts (materiality and signification) and the relationship ...” „... the idea of representationalism, for which concepts reflect things, and which blur and distort the ...” „... representational forms such as theoretical concepts, graphs,particle tracks, photographic images) mediates our ...”