PosthumanismNeil Badmington2000

You are no longer human. Perhaps you never were. The person standing next to you is a cyborg and the Man of the Year is a computer. Gender is just a memory, while futures past are here and now. Do not be alarmed. You have entered the space of posthumanism.
What is posthumanism and why does it matter? This book offers an accessible introduction to the ways in which humanism's belief in the natural supremacy of the Family of Man has been called into question at different moments and from different theoretical positions. What is the relationship between posthumanism and technology? Can posthumanism have a politics—postcolonial or feminist? Are postmodernism and poststructuralism posthumanist? What happens when critical and cultural theory meets Hollywood cinema? What links posthumanism to science fiction. This book addresses these and other questions in an attempt to come to terms with one of the most pressing issues facing contemporary society.
Essays by: Louis Althusser, Neil Badmington, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Scott Bukatman, Rosalind Coward, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, Judith Halberstam, Donna J. Haraway, Jean-François Lyotard, Paula Rabinowitz, Bill Readings.

Titre original : Posthumanism (2000)