The tenor of theocentric posthumanism is captured by its response to a landmark text of anti-humanism, Michel Foucault’s The Order of Things (1970). Often cited as a catalyst for post-colonial theory and politics, it has surprisingly little to do with a critique of humanism as a justification for oppression of the Other, despite containing Foucault’s… Continue reading The Order of Things
Category: Concepts
Conceptual Distinctions
It will help to clarify concepts to which I refer by certain terminology, especially since many terms in the discourse of posthumanism seem to be contested. By ‘humanism’, I mean the view that humanity is the centre of value and potential for progressive change in the universe, where ‘humanity’ is a natural kind that objectively… Continue reading Conceptual Distinctions

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