Critical Posthumanisms
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Critical posthumanism can be understood as the discourse that deconstructively inhabits humanism and critiques its anthropocentrism. It works both genealogically – in historicising the contemporary figure of the posthuman – and speculatively – in imagining, analysing and evaluating scenarios of humanity’s perceived exceptionalism, challenges, or ends. It thus critically engages with unsettling anticipations of the future, provides timely critiques of the present and produces rewritings and alternative narratives with a postanthropocentric or nonhuman dimension. Critical posthumanism’s concerns typically embrace the impacts of bio- and digital technology; ecological crises; the development of artificial intelligence; more-than-human ethics; politics and justice and their interdisciplinary debate within the new or posthumanities.
Critical Posthumanisms is a series addressing all the above. It publishes cutting-edge monographs and edited collections focusing on the rise of posthumanism and its forms, perspectives and directions. It makes available studies by scholars whose perspectives on the posthuman, nonhuman or more-than-human vary in important and interesting ways, and should serve as a crucial point of reference for anybody working within the field.
Books within the series provide:
- inter- or multidisciplinary takes on posthumanism, the posthuman, nonhuman or more-than-human, particularly those allowing the new humanities or posthumanities to critically engage with areas like artificial intelligence, biotechnology, virtual reality, climate change, geo-engineering, etc.;
- analyses of the histories, genealogies, idioms, and canons of different posthumanisms and discussions of the main sources, thinkers and trends of posthumanism;
- alternative formulations of posthumanism, which problematise the centrality of technology;
- philosophical and political critiques of the prosthesisation, enhancement, transformation or transcendence of the human or nonhuman;
- investigations into the role and future of fictional and speculative discourses in literature, film, art, performance, media and science involving scenarios of posthumanisation (or becoming-other-than-human).
Authors are cordially invited to submit proposals and/or full manuscripts to the publisher at BRILL, Masja Horn and Pieter Boeschoten.
Manuscripts for this series should follow the Chicago Manual of style, preferably the notes and bibliography version but author-date is also acceptable (please use footnotes rather than endnotes).
Critical Posthumanisms is a series addressing all the above. It publishes cutting-edge monographs and edited collections focusing on the rise of posthumanism and its forms, perspectives and directions. It makes available studies by scholars whose perspectives on the posthuman, nonhuman or more-than-human vary in important and interesting ways, and should serve as a crucial point of reference for anybody working within the field.
Books within the series provide:
- inter- or multidisciplinary takes on posthumanism, the posthuman, nonhuman or more-than-human, particularly those allowing the new humanities or posthumanities to critically engage with areas like artificial intelligence, biotechnology, virtual reality, climate change, geo-engineering, etc.;
- analyses of the histories, genealogies, idioms, and canons of different posthumanisms and discussions of the main sources, thinkers and trends of posthumanism;
- alternative formulations of posthumanism, which problematise the centrality of technology;
- philosophical and political critiques of the prosthesisation, enhancement, transformation or transcendence of the human or nonhuman;
- investigations into the role and future of fictional and speculative discourses in literature, film, art, performance, media and science involving scenarios of posthumanisation (or becoming-other-than-human).
Authors are cordially invited to submit proposals and/or full manuscripts to the publisher at BRILL, Masja Horn and Pieter Boeschoten.
Manuscripts for this series should follow the Chicago Manual of style, preferably the notes and bibliography version but author-date is also acceptable (please use footnotes rather than endnotes).
Collected Essays on Critical Posthumanism, Volume 2
Volume 7
978-90-04-71135-8
Collected Essays on Critical Posthumanism, Volume 1
Volume 6
978-90-04-70826-6
General Editors
Ivan Callus, University of Malta, Malta
Stefan Herbrechter, Heidelberg University, Germany
Editorial Board
Louis Armand, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and University of New England, USA
Neil Badmington, Cardiff University, UK
Ruben Borg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Jonathan Boulter, Western University, Canada
Megen de Bruin-Molé, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK
Marco Caracciolo, Ghent University, Belgium
David Cecchetto, York University, Canada
Christine Daigle, Brock University, Canada
Marija Grech, University of Malta, Malta
Richard Iveson, University of Queensland, Australia
Susan McHugh, University of New England, USA
Laurent Milesi, West University of Timişoara, Romania
Christopher J. Müller, Macquarie University, Australia
Florian Mussgnug, University College, London, UK
Pramod Nayar, University of Hyderabad, India
Karen Raber, University of Mississippi, USA
Manuela Rossini, independent scholar, Switzerland
Danielle Sands, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Debra Shaw, University of East London, UK
Joseph Tabbi, University of Bergen, Norway
Pieter Vermeulen, KU Leuven, Belgium
Ivan Callus, University of Malta, Malta
Stefan Herbrechter, Heidelberg University, Germany
Editorial Board
Louis Armand, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and University of New England, USA
Neil Badmington, Cardiff University, UK
Ruben Borg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Jonathan Boulter, Western University, Canada
Megen de Bruin-Molé, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK
Marco Caracciolo, Ghent University, Belgium
David Cecchetto, York University, Canada
Christine Daigle, Brock University, Canada
Marija Grech, University of Malta, Malta
Richard Iveson, University of Queensland, Australia
Susan McHugh, University of New England, USA
Laurent Milesi, West University of Timişoara, Romania
Christopher J. Müller, Macquarie University, Australia
Florian Mussgnug, University College, London, UK
Pramod Nayar, University of Hyderabad, India
Karen Raber, University of Mississippi, USA
Manuela Rossini, independent scholar, Switzerland
Danielle Sands, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Debra Shaw, University of East London, UK
Joseph Tabbi, University of Bergen, Norway
Pieter Vermeulen, KU Leuven, Belgium