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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2004
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2004, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 56-64 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/135583580401000205 |