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Posthuman Knowledge (ePub eBook)


Posthuman Knowledge (ePub eBook)

eBook by Braidotti, Rosi;

Posthuman Knowledge (ePub eBook)

£14.99

ISBN:
9781509535279
Publication Date:
26 Jul 2019
Publisher:
Polity Press
Imprint:
Polity
Pages:
210 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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Posthuman Knowledge (ePub eBook)

Description

The question of what defines the human, and of what is human about the humanities, have been shaken up by the radical critiques of humanism and the displacement of anthropomorphism that have gained currency in recent years, propelled in part by rapid advances in our knowledge of living systems and of their genetic and algorithmic codes coupled with the global expansion of a knowledge-intensive capitalism.  In Posthuman Knowledge, Rosi Braidotti takes a closer look at the impact of these developments on three major areas: the constitution of our subjectivity, the general production of knowledge and the practice of the academic humanities.  Drawing on feminist, postcolonial and anti-racist theory, she argues that the human was never a neutral category but one always linked to power and privilege.  Hence we must move beyond the old dualities in which Man defined himself, beyond the sexualized and racialized others that were excluded from humanity.  Posthuman knowledge, as Braidotti understands it, is not so much an alternative form of knowledge as a critical call: a call to build a multi-layered and multi-directional project that displaces anthropocentrism while pursuing the analysis of the discriminatory and violent aspects of human activity and interaction wherever they occur.Situated between the exhilaration of scientific and technological advances on the one hand and the threat of climate change devastation on the other, the posthuman convergence encourages us to think hard and creatively about what we are in the process of becoming.

Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Posthuman, all-too-human Chapter 1 The Posthuman Condition Chapter 2 Posthuman Subjects Chapter 3 Posthuman Knowledge Production Chapter 4 The Critical Posthumanities Chapter 5 How To Do Posthuman Thinking Chapter 6 On Affirmative Ethics Chapter 7 The Inexhaustible Notes Bibliography

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