Life and the Posthuman

This thesis addresses the posthumanist problem of reconfiguring what and how the post/human means, rereading foundational binaries like human/nonhuman and life/nonlife as texts in themselves with a thickness that strains against the discursive structures that produce (and reduce) them as such. It at...

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Main Author: McClellan, Serena Eva
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84913
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description This thesis addresses the posthumanist problem of reconfiguring what and how the post/human means, rereading foundational binaries like human/nonhuman and life/nonlife as texts in themselves with a thickness that strains against the discursive structures that produce (and reduce) them as such. It attempts to petromorphically portray stone worlding without reverting to the assumed capacities of living (human) beings, suggesting a worlding that identifies the forces and intensities out of which “being,” stone and otherwise, emerges.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-849132023-08-08T01:18:44Z Life and the Posthuman McClellan, Serena Eva This thesis addresses the posthumanist problem of reconfiguring what and how the post/human means, rereading foundational binaries like human/nonhuman and life/nonlife as texts in themselves with a thickness that strains against the discursive structures that produce (and reduce) them as such. It attempts to petromorphically portray stone worlding without reverting to the assumed capacities of living (human) beings, suggesting a worlding that identifies the forces and intensities out of which “being,” stone and otherwise, emerges. 2021 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84913 Curtin University fulltext
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Life and the Posthuman
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url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84913