Description
Book SynopsisPosthumanist Manifesto: A Pluralistic Approach compares the posthumanist proposal with humanism and transhumanism in ethics, aesthetics, ontology, and epistemology. Roberto Marchesini clarifies the specificity of the posthumanist approach and the novelty of its theoretical and applicative program. Beyond theoretical aspects of poshumanism, this book proposes new approaches to social models, personal rights and citizenship, the relationship between the biosphere and the ecological crisis, and the impact of technology.
This book answers questions such as “What is posthumanism and why does it have this definition?”; “How does posthumanism differ from other theoretical approaches?”; and “What are the urgencies to be addressed for posthumanist critique?” The author explores how posthumanism interprets technology in relationship with the body, how to think of a posthumanist anthropology, what ontological transformations posthumanism introduces, and why we can talk about a paradigmatic metamorphosis with respect to humanism, as posthumanism thinks and plans the society of the future.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter One: On the Human Condition
Chapter Two: The Relational Dimension of the Human
Chapter Three: Anthropocentrism and the Ecological Crisis
Chapter Four: Building New Experiences
Chapter Five: Projects for a Posthuman Era
Chapter Six: The Ontological Question
Chapter Seven: A New Culture of Téchne
Chapter Eight: Paradigmatic Evolutions
