CRASH COURSE "THE POSTHUMAN"
This online course on the Philosophies of the Posthuman is conceived for anyone who is interested in the topic of the posthuman.
In 6 lessons and 3 concepts, Professor Ferrando explains the main topics related to the posthuman turn.
In 6 lessons and 3 concepts, Professor Ferrando explains the main topics related to the posthuman turn.
DISTRIBUTION
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All the contents of this Course are published under a Creative Common License (CC BY SA).
The videos of the lectures are openly available on Youtube.
The full Course, including quizzes, tests and transcripts, are freely available on this page and on OpenLearn, by The Open University.
All the contents of this Course are published under a Creative Common License (CC BY SA).
The videos of the lectures are openly available on Youtube.
The full Course, including quizzes, tests and transcripts, are freely available on this page and on OpenLearn, by The Open University.
OUTLINE
This is the outline of the Course:
6 Lessons
Lesson 1: What does "POSTHUMAN" mean"?
Lesson 2: What is TRANSHUMANISM?
Lesson 3: What is POSTHUMANISM?
Lesson 4: What does POST-HUMANISM mean?
Lesson 5: What does POST-ANTHROPOCENTRISM mean?
Lesson 6: What does POST-DUALISM mean?
3 Concepts
Concept 1: Are we already POSTHUMAN?
Concept 2: What is the MAIN DIFFERENCE bewteen POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
Concept 3: What are the ROOTS of POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
6 Lessons
Lesson 1: What does "POSTHUMAN" mean"?
Lesson 2: What is TRANSHUMANISM?
Lesson 3: What is POSTHUMANISM?
Lesson 4: What does POST-HUMANISM mean?
Lesson 5: What does POST-ANTHROPOCENTRISM mean?
Lesson 6: What does POST-DUALISM mean?
3 Concepts
Concept 1: Are we already POSTHUMAN?
Concept 2: What is the MAIN DIFFERENCE bewteen POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
Concept 3: What are the ROOTS of POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
LESSONS
Lesson 1:
What does "POSTHUMAN" mean"?
What does "POSTHUMAN" mean"?
Access the transcript, here:
Transcript, Lesson 1
Transcript, Lesson 1
Lesson 2:
What is TRANSHUMANISM?
Lesson 2:
What is TRANSHUMANISM?
Lesson 3:
What is POSTHUMANISM?
Lesson 3:
What is POSTHUMANISM?
Lesson 4:
What does POST-HUMANISM mean?
Lesson 4:
What does POST-HUMANISM mean?
Lesson 5:
What does POST-ANTHROPOCENTRISM mean?
Lesson 6:
What does POST-DUALISM mean?
Lesson 6:
What does POST-DUALISM mean?
CONCEPTS
Concept 1:
Are we already POSTHUMAN?
Are we already POSTHUMAN?
Concept 2:
What is the MAIN DIFFERENCE bewteen POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
Concept 2:
What is the MAIN DIFFERENCE bewteen POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
Concept 3:
What are the PHILOSOPHICAL ROOTS of POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
AUTHORS
Author: Martin Heidegger
Text: "The Question Concerning Technology" [1949] (1954)
Part 1
What is TECHNOLOGY?
Text: "The Question Concerning Technology" [1949] (1954)
Part 1
What is TECHNOLOGY?
Part 2
What is MODERN TECHNOLOGY?
What is MODERN TECHNOLOGY?
resources
Please, note that these articles, published under a Creative Commons license, can be downloaded and shared freely:
1.
Ferrrando, F. "Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Antihumanism, Metahumanism, and New Materialisms: Differences and Relations"
In: Existenz. Published by The Karl Jaspers Society of North America, Vol. 8, No. 2, March 2014, pp. 26-32.
2.
Ferrrando, F. "The Body"
In: Post- and Transhumanism: An Introduction Edited by Ranisch, R. & Sorgner, S. L. Published by Peter Lang, 2014, pp. 213-226.
1.
Ferrrando, F. "Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Antihumanism, Metahumanism, and New Materialisms: Differences and Relations"
In: Existenz. Published by The Karl Jaspers Society of North America, Vol. 8, No. 2, March 2014, pp. 26-32.
2.
Ferrrando, F. "The Body"
In: Post- and Transhumanism: An Introduction Edited by Ranisch, R. & Sorgner, S. L. Published by Peter Lang, 2014, pp. 213-226.
SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Braidotti, Rosi. The Posthuman. Polity, 2013.
- Ferrando, Francesca. Philosophical posthumanism. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Haraway, Donna. ‘A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s’. The Haraway Reader, Psychology Press, 2004, pp. 7–46.
—. Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press, 2016.
- Herbrechter, Stefan, Ivan Callus and Rossini Manuela, eds. European Posthumanism. Routledge, 2016.
- Hayles, N. Katherine. How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. University of Chicago Press, 1999.
—. Unthought: The Power of The Cognitive Nonconscious. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- Nayar, Pramod K. Posthumanism. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
- Sorgner, Stefan. On Transhumanism. The Most Dangerous Idea in the World?! Pennsylvania State UP, 2020.
- Wolfe, C. What is Posthumanism? University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
- Ferrando, Francesca. Philosophical posthumanism. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Haraway, Donna. ‘A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s’. The Haraway Reader, Psychology Press, 2004, pp. 7–46.
—. Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press, 2016.
- Herbrechter, Stefan, Ivan Callus and Rossini Manuela, eds. European Posthumanism. Routledge, 2016.
- Hayles, N. Katherine. How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. University of Chicago Press, 1999.
—. Unthought: The Power of The Cognitive Nonconscious. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- Nayar, Pramod K. Posthumanism. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
- Sorgner, Stefan. On Transhumanism. The Most Dangerous Idea in the World?! Pennsylvania State UP, 2020.
- Wolfe, C. What is Posthumanism? University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Test And quizzes
LESSONS
This section wss curated by Matigan King and Aria Smith; reviewed by Francesca Ferrando.
Lesson 1:
What does "POSTHUMAN" mean"?
What does "POSTHUMAN" mean"?
Lesson 2:
What is TRANSHUMANISM?
What is TRANSHUMANISM?
Lesson 3:
What is POSTHUMANISM?
What is POSTHUMANISM?
Lesson 4:
What does POST-HUMANISM mean?
What does POST-HUMANISM mean?
Lesson 5:
What does POST-ANTHROPOCENTRISM mean?
What does POST-ANTHROPOCENTRISM mean?
Lesson 6:
What does POST-DUALISM mean?
What does POST-DUALISM mean?
CONCEPTS
Concept 1:
Are we already POSTHUMAN?
Are we already POSTHUMAN?
Concept 2:
What is the MAIN DIFFERENCE bewteen POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
What is the MAIN DIFFERENCE bewteen POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
Concept 3:
What are the PHILOSOPHICAL ROOTS of POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
What are the PHILOSOPHICAL ROOTS of POSTHUMANISM and TRANSHUMANISM?
Final Test
