European Posthumanism by Stefan Herbrechter, Ivan Callus, Man... - 9781138392953

European PosthumanismAuthor(s): Stefan Herbrechter, Ivan Callus, Manuela Rossini\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138392953, 978-1138392953\nSynopsis\nIn literary studies and beyond, theory and its aftermaths have arguably been over-influenced by US- and UK-based institutions, publishers, journals, and academics. Yet the influence of theory in its Anglo-American forms has remained reliant on Continental European ideas. Similar patterns can be discerned within the latest theoretical paradigm posthumanism. European ideas influence posthumanisms challenge to established understandings of humanism, anthropomorphism, and anthropocentrism, which is characterised by the increased urgency and proliferation of questions such as What does it mean to be human? and What is the relationship between humans and their nonhuman others (machines, animals, plants, the inorganic, gods, systems, and various figures of liminality, f.