{"product_id":"what-is-posthumanism-volume-8-paperback-2","title":"What Is Posthumanism?: Volume 8 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCary Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to think beyond humanism? Is it possible to craft a mode of philosophy, ethics, and interpretation that rejects the classic humanist divisions of self and other, mind and body, society and nature, human and animal, organic and technological? Can a new kind of humanities-posthumanities-respond to the redefinition of humanity's place in the world by both the technological and the biological or green continuum in which the human is but one life form among many?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Exploring how both critical thought along with cultural practice have reacted to this radical repositioning, Cary Wolfe-one of the founding figures in the field of animal studies and posthumanist theory-ranges across bioethics, cognitive science, animal ethics, gender, and disability to develop a theoretical and philosophical approach responsive to our changing understanding of ourselves and our world. Then, in performing posthumanist readings of such diverse works as Temple Grandin's writings, Wallace Stevens's poetry, Lars von Trier's \u003ci\u003eDancer in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, the architecture of Diller+Scofidio, and David Byrne and Brian Eno's \u003ci\u003eMy Life in the Bush of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, he shows how this philosophical sensibility can transform art and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Wolfe, a vibrant, rigorous posthumanism is vital for addressing questions of ethics and justice, language and trans-species communication, social systems and their inclusions and exclusions, and the intellectual aspirations of interdisciplinarity. In \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Posthumanism?\u003c\/i\u003e he carefully distinguishes posthumanism from transhumanism (the biotechnological enhancement of human beings) and narrow definitions of the posthuman as the hoped-for transcendence of materiality. In doing so, Wolfe reveals that it is humanism, not the human in all its embodied and prosthetic complexity, that is left behind in posthumanist thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCary Wolfe is Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor of English at Rice University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCritical Environments: Postmodern Theory and the Pragmatics of the \"Outside\" \u003c\/i\u003e(Minnesota, 1998) and \u003ci\u003eAnimal Rites: American Culture, the Discourse of Species, and Posthumanist Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eZoontologies: The Question of the Animal\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47345643553017,"sku":"9780816666157","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/b2VJdlgxZm8vSEtaSTF6UThjYXZWUT09_5fdab77a-c07f-4ca6-b919-4c87f9b8033f.webp?v=1769743082","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/what-is-posthumanism-volume-8-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}