Post, Oblique, Human

Taking its cue from the oblique of Elaine L. Graham's ‘post/human’, this essay examines the difficult relationship between humanism and its ‘post’. If, as Graham points out, the present moment is one in which anthropocentrism is both in crisis and deferred to as ‘common sense’, what is to be do...

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Main Author: Badmington, Neil (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2004
In: Theology & sexuality
Year: 2004, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 56-64
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:Taking its cue from the oblique of Elaine L. Graham's ‘post/human’, this essay examines the difficult relationship between humanism and its ‘post’. If, as Graham points out, the present moment is one in which anthropocentrism is both in crisis and deferred to as ‘common sense’, what is to be done? Perhaps the answer lies in strategies for ‘obliquing’ humanist discourse, working through its contradictions in order to establish the ‘post/human’ as a figure that forever disrupts humanism.
ISSN:1745-5170
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/135583580401000205