Title: The Contemporary Posthuman
Subject Classification:  Philosophy, Society and Culture, Bioethics  
BIC Classification: HP, JF, PSAD
BISAC Classification: PHI000000
Binding: Hardback, Paperback, eBook
Publication date: 25 Feb 2022
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-80441-010-3
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-80441-011-0
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-80441-151-3

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Description

The interest in what can be considered ‘posthumanism’ has surged over the past few years. There is no surprise as to why, given the urgency and immanence of a likely sixth mass extinction event, and the catastrophic consequences of global warming. These processes, all of which fundamentally rest on the foundations of human practices and abuses, are forcing us to rethink our place in existence. The foundations of this position have a history firmly rooted in the daily practices and beliefs of Western cultures. The Contemporary Posthuman confronts these assumptions of truth, head-on. The author follows his conceptual journey with practical steps for putting his philosophy into practice, by drawing on philosophy, design, art, and architecture. The Contemporary Posthuman was originally published in Italian by Einaudi, and was translated from the Italian by Dr Steven Umbrello.

Biography

Author(s):  Dr Leonardo Caffo is Professor of Art and Philosophy at NABA, Milano, Italy. Translator Dr Steven Umbrello is Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands and is the Managing Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (501c3 non profit, Boston, MA).

Reviews

"Leonardo Caffo takes us on a journey that will lead us to the discovery of another humanity, through a continuous process of deconstruction and reconstruction: the most important text on posthumanist philosophy in the last thirty years."
- Nicola Zengiaro, University of Bologna

"I cannot hide my "sympathy" for Caffo's way of thinking, who, looking to the future, imagines a man capable of safeguarding the Creation. An hypothesis that radically changes all our ways of thinking and hoping."
- Pietro Piro, National Research Council (Italy, Rome)

"Caffo offers us a new ethics of the project: it is impossible not to pass through this text for the future of the human condition."
- Maurizio Carta, University of Palermo

"Leonardo Caffo is one of the most important thinkers of our time."
- Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University