Extended Cognition, Heidegger, and Pauline Post/Humanism
Posthuman theory, whose project is largely the decentring of the human, has become the focus of much critical debate in recent years. Similarly, turns in the cultural climate of the West have shown a growing devaluation of literature and the arts in favour of science and technology. I argue that a n...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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Literature and theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 334-347 |
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| Summary: | Posthuman theory, whose project is largely the decentring of the human, has become the focus of much critical debate in recent years. Similarly, turns in the cultural climate of the West have shown a growing devaluation of literature and the arts in favour of science and technology. I argue that a necessary critical intervention presents itself on three fronts at the intersection of these phenomena: a redeployment of the ‘posthuman’ in critical theory as the theologically grounded ‘post/human’, the recognition of language as our most fundamental technology, and a reassessment of the value in literature and humanities education. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/fru025 |