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Sartre and Posthumanist Humanism
Contributor(s): Sorgner, Stefan Lorenz (Other), Butterfield, Elizabeth C. (Author)
ISBN: 3631616759     ISBN-13: 9783631616758
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
OUR PRICE:   $47.67  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern
Dewey: 193
LCCN: 2014497246
Series: Beyond Humanism: Trans- And Posthumanism / Jenseits Des Huma
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.72 lbs) 140 pages
 
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In recent years, calls for a new humanism have arisen from a variety of voices across the spectrum of philosophy, expressing frustration with outdated models of the human that cannot account for the richness of our social being. The postmodern deconstruction of the human now requires a reconstructive moment. In response, the author articulates a new and explicitly posthumanist humanism using the framework developed by Jean-Paul Sartre in his later Marxist-Existentialist works. Sartre's unique dialectical and hermeneutical methods allow us to reconceptualize the human beyond traditional dichotomies of individual/social and freedom/necessity. The author argues that the individual and the social should be understood as existing within a dynamic, co-constituting interrelation, and that individual autonomy is not at odds with, but rather fundamentally enabled by, the social.