Bloomsbury Handbook of Posthumanism

<p>As our ideas of the human have come under increasing challenges - from technological change from medical advances from the existential threat of climate crisis from an ideological decentering of the human amongst many other things - the 'posthuman' has become an increasingly central topic in the Humanities. Bringing together leading scholars from across the world and a wide range of disciplines this is the most comprehensive available survey of cutting edge contemporary scholarship on posthumanism in literature culture and theory. <p/><i>The Bloomsbury Handbook of Posthumanism</i> explores: <p/>- Central critical concepts and approaches including transhumanism new materialism and the Anthropocene<br>- Ethical perspectives on ecology race gender and disability<br>- Technology from data and artificial intelligence to medicine and genetics<br>- A wide range of genres and forms from literary and science fiction through film television and music to comics video games and social media.</p>