Posthuman International Relations

Author : Doctor Erika Cudworth,Doctor Stephen Hobden
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780322216

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Posthuman International Relations by Doctor Erika Cudworth,Doctor Stephen Hobden Pdf

In this bold intervention, Cudworth and Hobden draw on recent advances in thinking about complexity theory to call for a profound re-envisioning of the study of international relations. As a discipline, IR is wedded to the enlightenment project of overcoming the 'hazards' of nature, and thus remains constrained by its blinkered 'human-centred' approach. Furthermore, as a means of predicting major global-political events and trends, it has failed consistently. Instead, the authors argue, it is essential we develop a much more nuanced and sophisticated analysis of global political systems, taking into account broader environmental circumstances, as well as social relations, economic practices and formations of political power. Essentially, the book reveals how the study of international politics is transformed by the understanding that we have never been exclusively human. An original work that is sure to provoke heated debate within the discipline, Posthuman International Relations combines insights from complexity theory and ecological thinking to provide a radical new agenda for a progressive, twenty-first century, International Relations.

Author : Clara Eroukhmanoff,Matt Harker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910814318

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Reflections on the Posthuman in International Relations by Clara Eroukhmanoff,Matt Harker Pdf

By revealing the fragility of mainstream narratives of the 'human, ' each author in this collection contributes to an unsettling vision of a posthuman world

Author : Erika Cudworth,Stephen Hobden,Emilian Kavalski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317041917

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Posthuman Dialogues in International Relations by Erika Cudworth,Stephen Hobden,Emilian Kavalski Pdf

Posthumanism represents a significant new research direction both for International Relations and the social sciences. It emerges from questions about inter-species relations which challenge dominant perceptions of what it means to be human. Rather than seeing the human species as ‘in nature’ posthumanist thinking considers the species as ‘of nature’. The work of posthumanist thinkers has sought to dispute accepted notions of what it means to be human, raising profound questions about our relations with the rest of nature. The volume commences with an overview of the influence thinkers have had on the development of posthumanist thinking. Key ideas in International Relations are interrogated and reconceptualised and specific case studies are presented with a focus on inter-species relations. The work allows for a consideration of the limits of the posthumanist move and provides space for critics to argue that such an approach opens the discipline up to a biological determinism, and that a focus on inter-human relations should mark the boundaries of the discipline. The essays collected in this volume provide an overview of contributions from posthumanist thinkers with the particular intention of providing a succinct introduction to the area and should appeal to scholars and students in Politics, IR and philosophy.

Author : Erika Cudworth,Stephen Hobden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1350221856

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Posthuman International Relations by Erika Cudworth,Stephen Hobden Pdf

Chapter 1. Introducing complexity and posthumanism to international politics -- Chapter 2. Complexity theory in the study of the social world -- Chapter 3. Complex international systems -- Chapter 4. Emergent features in international systems -- Chapter 5. Complex ecologism -- Chapter 6. The politics of posthumanism -- Chapter 7. For a posthuman international relations -- Bibliography.

Author : Edward King,Joanna Page
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781911576457

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Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America by Edward King,Joanna Page Pdf

Latin America is experiencing a boom in graphic novels that are highly innovative in their conceptual play and their reworking of the medium. Inventive artwork and sophisticated scripts have combined to satisfy the demand of a growing readership, both at home and abroad. Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America, which is the first book-length study of the topic, argues that the graphic novel is emerging in Latin America as a uniquely powerful force to explore the nature of twenty-first century subjectivity. The authors place particular emphasis on the ways in which humans are bound to their non-human environment, and these ideas are productively drawn out in relation to posthuman thought and experience. The book draws together a range of recent graphic novels from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay, many of which experiment with questions of transmediality, the representation of urban space, modes of perception and cognition, and a new form of ethics for a posthuman world. Praise for Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America '...well-referenced and… well considered - the analyses it brings are overall well-executed and insightful...' Image and Narrative, Jan 2018, vol 18, no 4

Author : Erika Cudworth,Stephen Hobden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317203223

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The Emancipatory Project of Posthumanism by Erika Cudworth,Stephen Hobden Pdf

This is the first book to make the argument for an emancipatory project from within a posthuman framework. Responding to critics, Cudworth and Hobden argue that while some posthumanisms may be less critical, it is possible to develop a political programme from a posthuman perspective. Cudworth and Hobden develop such issues by addressing the following questions: How have ideas about emancipation been developed, and does the notion of emancipation still hold relevance for the contemporary world order? Is it possible to have a non-Utopian form of emancipation? What are the implications of differing posthuman/new materialist viewpoints for an emancipatory project? In a world typified by complexity, how is it possible to pursue political projects? The chapters consider various interpretations of the term ‘emancipation’, looking at work that has appeared within the posthumanist framework such as Bruno Latour, William Connolly, and Jane Bennett. The authors develop their own account of posthumanism, demonstrating how it avoids the problems that have been found within this framework, and considering the possibilities for emancipatory projects and public policy. It will be of great interest to postgraduates and scholars of International Relations, Political Theory, Environmental Studies, and Sociology.

Author : Joana Castro Pereira,André Saramago
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030494964

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Non-Human Nature in World Politics by Joana Castro Pereira,André Saramago Pdf

This book explores the interconnections between world politics and non-human nature to overcome the anthropocentric boundaries that characterize the field of international relations. By gathering contributions from various perspectives, ranging from post-humanism and ecological modernization, to new materialism and post-colonialism, it conceptualizes the embeddedness of world politics in non-human nature, and proposes a reorientation of political practice to better address the challenges posed by climate change and the deterioration of the Earth’s ecosystems. The book is divided into two main parts, the first of which addresses new ways of theoretically conceiving the relationship between non-human nature and world politics. In turn, the second presents empirical investigations into specific case studies, including studies on state actors and international organizations and bodies. Given its scope and the new perspectives it shares, this edited volume represents a uniquely valuable contribution to the field.

Author : Matt Harker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910814326

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Reflections on the Posthuman in International Relations by Matt Harker Pdf

Author : Jana Norman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000424843

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Posthuman Legal Subjectivity by Jana Norman Pdf

This book provides a reimagining of how Western law and legal theory structures the human–earth relationship. As a complement to contemporary efforts to establish rights of nature and non-human legal personhood, this book focuses on the other subject in the human–earth relationship: the human. Critical ecological feminism exposes the dualistic nature of the ideal human legal subject as a key driver in the dynamic of instrumentalism that characterises the human–earth relationship in Western culture. This book draws on conceptual fields associated with the new sciences, including new materialism, posthuman critical theory and Big History, to demonstrate that the naturalised hierarchy of humans over nature in the Western social imaginary is anything but natural. It then sets about constructing a counternarrative. The proposed ‘Cosmic Person’ as alternative, non-dualised human legal subject forges a pathway for transforming the Western cultural understanding of the human–earth relationship from mastery and control to ideal co-habitation. Finally, the book details a case study, highlighting the practical application of the proposed reconceptualisation of the human legal subject to contemporary environmental issues. This original and important analysis of the legal status of the human in the Anthropocene will be of great interest to those working in legal theory, jurisprudence, environmental law and the environmental humanities; as well as those with relevant interests in gender studies, cultural studies, feminist theory, critical theory and philosophy.

Author : Francis Fukuyama
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781847653703

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Our Posthuman Future by Francis Fukuyama Pdf

Is a baby whose personality has been chosen from a gene supermarket still a human? If we choose what we create what happens to morality? Is this the end of human nature? The dramatic advances in DNA technology over the last few years are the stuff of science fiction. It is now not only possible to clone human beings it is happening. For the first time since the creation of the earth four billion years ago, or the emergence of mankind 10 million years ago, people will be able to choose their children's' sex, height, colour, personality traits and intelligence. It will even be possible to create 'superhumans' by mixing human genes with those of other animals for extra strength or longevity. But is this desirable? What are the moral and political consequences? Will it mean anything to talk about 'human nature' any more? Is this the end of human beings? Our Posthuman Future is a passionate analysis of the greatest political and moral problem ever to face the human race.

Author : Francesca Ferrando
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350059498

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Philosophical Posthumanism by Francesca Ferrando Pdf

The notion of 'the human' is in need of urgent redefinition. At a time of radical bio-technological developments, and in light of the political and environmental imperatives of our age, the term 'posthuman' provides an alternative. The philosophical landscape which has developed as a response to the crisis of the human, includes several movements, such as: Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Antihumanism and Object Oriented Ontology. This book explains the similarities and differences between these currents and offers a detailed examination of a number of topics that fall under the “posthuman” umbrella, including the anthropocene, artificial intelligence and the deconstruction of the human. Francesca Ferrando affords particular focus to Philosophical Posthumanism, defined as a philosophy of mediation which addresses the meaning of humanity not in separation, but in relation to technology and ecology. The posthuman shift thus emerges in the global call for social change, responsible science and multispecies coexistence.

Author : Anna Grear,Emille Boulot,Iván D. Vargas-roncancio,Joshua Sterlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 1802203338

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Posthuman Legalities by Anna Grear,Emille Boulot,Iván D. Vargas-roncancio,Joshua Sterlin Pdf

How might law address the multiple crises of meaning intrinsic to global crises of climate, poverty, mass displacements, ecological breakdown, species extinctions and technological developments that increasingly complicate the very notion of 'life' itself? How can law embrace -- in other words --the 'posthuman' condition -- a condition in which non-human forces such as climate change and Covid-19 signal the impossibility of clinging to the existing imaginaries of Western legal systems and international law? This carefully curated book addresses these and related questions, bringing 'law beyond the human' (drawing on Indigenous legalities, life ways and ontologies) and New Materialist and Posthuman/ist approaches into stimulating proximity to each other. Bold and astute, it draws an invigorating and lively mix of participants into its conversation: soils, urban animals, rivers, rights, Indigenous legalities, property as habitat, swarms, 'unusual posthuman capacities', decolonial critiques, eco-feedback, arts, affective encounters and more besides. Ultimately, this pivotal work shows how law currently fails to respond to the challenges and realities it faces, while demonstrating that law can also be a co-emergence of 'something else', more responsive, relational and prefigurative. Lively and engaging, Posthuman Legalities will prove an imperative read for students and scholars with a keen interest in breaking down barriers to address emerging challenges in environmental law, climate law, and human rights law, in conversation with new approaches to planetary justice.

Author : David Chandler,Franziska Müller,Delf Rothe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030530143

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International Relations in the Anthropocene by David Chandler,Franziska Müller,Delf Rothe Pdf

This textbook introduces advanced students of International Relations (and beyond) to the ways in which the advent of, and reflections on, the Anthropocene impact on the study of global politics and the disciplinary foundations of IR. The book contains 24 chapters, authored by senior academics as well as early career scholars, and is divided into four parts, detailing, respectively, why the Anthropocene is of importance to IR, challenges to traditional approaches to security, the question of governance and agency in the Anthropocene, and new methods and approaches, going beyond the human/nature divide. Chapter 9, “Security in the Anthropocene” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Thomas S. J. Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319940786

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Sustainability, Wellbeing and the Posthuman Turn by Thomas S. J. Smith Pdf

This book examines how the way we conceive of, or measure, the environment changes the way we interact with it. Thomas Smith posits that environmentalism and sustainable development have become increasingly post-political, characterised by abstraction, and quantification to an unprecedented extent. As such, the book argues that our ways of measuring both the environment, such as through sustainability metrics like footprints and Payments for Ecosystem Services, and society, through gross domestic product and wellbeing measures, play a constitutive and problematic role in how we conceive of ourselves in the world. Subsequently, as the quantified environmental approach drives a dualistic wedge between the human and non-human realms, in its final section the book puts forward recent developments in new materialism and feminist ethics of care as providing practical ways of re-founding sustainable development in a way that firmly acknowledges human-ecological relations. This book will be an invaluable reference for scholars and students in the fields of human geography, political ecology, and environmental sociology.

Author : Pelin Kümbet
Publisher : Transnational Press London
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781801350044

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Critical Posthumanism: Cloned, Toxic and Cyborg Bodies in Fiction by Pelin Kümbet Pdf

Focusing on three representation of posthuman bodies as cloned bodies in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005), toxic bodies in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People (2007), and cyborg bodies in Justina Robson’s Natural History (2004) from the theoretical perspectives of posthuman definition of what it means to be human, this study discusses the changing concept of the body. In this context, the integral and dynamic connection between a human body and the world is of special significance, which opens up new possibilities to reconfigure the human body that is no longer conceded separate from the nonhuman world but embodied in it. Each of the novels significantly displays the in-betweenness of humans by making them interact with chemical substances, machines, and other nonhuman entities, and shows how clear-cut distinctions between the human and the nonhuman bodies have collapsed.