Posthuman or post-human is a concept originating in the fields of science fiction, futurology, contemporary art, and philosophy that means a person or entity that exists in a state beyond being human.[1] The concept aims at addressing a variety of questions, including ethics and justice, language and trans-species communication, social systems, and the intellectual aspirations of interdisciplinarity.
Posthumanism is not to be confused with transhumanism (the biotechnological enhancement of human beings) and narrow definitions of the posthuman as the hoped-for transcendence of materiality.[2] The notion of the posthuman comes up both in posthumanism as well as transhumanism, but it has a special meaning in each tradition.
- ^ "posthumanism". Oxford Dictionary. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Ferrando, Francesca "The Body" in Post- and Transhumanism: an Introduction. Peter Lang, Frankfurt: 2014.