Thinking and Constructing. Moments of Split
Thinking and Constructing. Moments of Split
Author(s): Călina PărăuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Becoming; Posthumanism; Decline; Progress; Ethics.
Summary/Abstract: The need to talk about change at a planetary level is dealt with in terms of the theoretical discourse’s ability to point towards the things we have to surpass. We talk about the aspects we should leave behind in the name of a vague hunt for the culturally inherited “unthinkable” formulas of the present. We have a name for all the concepts of the old thinking systems that mark our capacity to delineate ourselves from them. Our entire envisioning of the future is based on the crossing out of the old worlds that structure us. Posthumanism is one of the major advocates of rethinking man, time, Enlightenment’s humanism and anthropocentric reflexes. What this article tries to do is take a brief look at the mechanisms underlying discourses of the “new.”
Journal: Caietele Echinox
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 34
- Page Range: 48-56
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
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