Sartre and Posthumanist Humanism Contributor(s): Sorgner, Stefan Lorenz (Other), Butterfield, Elizabeth C. (Author) |
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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 |
Additional Information |
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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Publisher Description: 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for a new humanism have arisen from a variety of voices across the spectrum of philosophy, expressing frustration with outdated models of the human that cannot account for the richness of our social being.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. |