PHILOSOPHICAL POSTHUMANISM: A RENEWED WORLDVIEW AND A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Title

PHILOSOPHICAL POSTHUMANISM: A RENEWED WORLDVIEW AND A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Creator

Wilson K.D.; Jeevaraj A.E.

Description

Exponential technological advances capture the zeitgeist of contemporary society. Machines are increasingly gaining agency, which helps in the deconstruction of the humanist notion of humans. Society takes a posthuman turn with large-scale humanmachine imbrication and nonhuman agency. The posthuman turn is also reflected in the academic world, which is seriously contemplating the integration of posthumanities. The philosophical posthumanism of Francisca Ferrando is a posthuman theory with three constituent elements: post-humanism, post-anthropocentrism, and post-dualism. Post-humanism revisits the definition of human that has given rise to marginalization within the human species. Post-anthropocentrism critiques the human superiority and exceptionalism that have led to the marginalization of other species. Post-dualism revisits the dualistic mindset that allows hierarchical sociopolitical constructions. Ferrando presents a vision of a posthuman utopian society that recognizes pluralistic voices within the human species on egalitarian terms, accepts and values the agency of nonhuman actors, and sheds the dualistic view of life that keeps humans and nonhumans on either side of the binary system. Philosophical posthumanism can be suitable as a methodological framework to analyze the posthuman discourses in literary works, specifically in science fiction. 2024 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Source

Journal of Posthuman Studies, Vol-7, No. 2, pp. 170-190.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

Penn State University Press

Subject

philosophical posthumanism; post-anthropocentrism; post-dualism; post-humanism; posthuman analysis

Coverage

Wilson K.D., Department of English and Cultural Studies in Christ Deemed to be University, Bangalore, India; Jeevaraj A.E., Department of English and Cultural Studies, School of Arts and Humanities, Christ Deemed to be University, Bangaluru, India, Anna University, Chennai, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 24724513

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.5325/jpoststud.7.2.0170

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