The future of the human Flashcards
Technology
A process of revealing, creating of ‘bring forth’ - Heidegger (brings forth specific human forms)
Humanism
A doctrine, attitude, or way of life centered on human interests or values
Human as the exception
Break from and with nature
Human exceptionalism
Humans are able to reason and have the capacity to have thought and self-awareness (unlike other parts of nature)
Posthumanism
Reaction on humanism
Dualism
Wat is body en wat is mind?
(Harraway)
Cyborg
Cybernetic organism
(Harraway)
Transhumanism
Human at the center of humanism and modern political formation. Aim if transcending the physical and mental limitations of human by technological means
(Farman)
Singularity
A technological future where I has become so powerful that it upgrades itself creating superintelligence
(Farman)
Silicon-based computation
Making fleshy humans obsolete
(Farman)
Extropy
Evolving framework of values and standards for continuously improving the human condition (destruction is not reversible (death/aging))
–> believing that technology and science will eventually make humans live indefinitely
(Max Moore)
Core of transhumanism
- Life extension advocacy
- Expand human capabilities
- Humans merging with technology
- Better than Well
- More human, more happiness, more health, more life, etc.
(Farman)
Multispecies ethnography
New method for research: recognition that humans are not isolated from the natural world but are intertwined with it
(Kirksey)
Holistic approach
Interconnectedness of humans, animals, plants and other organisms
(Kirksey)
Post-humanist perspective
Challenges the human-centered (anthropocentric) world.
(Kirksey)
Anthropocene
Geological era/epoch characterized by significant and lasting impact of human activities on the earth’s geology and ecosystems.
–> Emphasizes human responsibility for the harmful effects on the planet
(Harraway)
Capitalocene
Emphasizes capitalism as the driving force behind ecological problems.
–> Capitalist systems exploit natural resources and increase social inequality
(Harraway)
Plantationocene
Impact of colonization and production of crops such as sugar, cotton and tobacco, on the environment and social structures.
–> Plantation-like systems have caused exploitation and ecological disruption.
(Harraway)
Chthulucene
Alternative to the above concepts. Refers to an era in which complex relationships between human and non-human actors are valued.
(Harraway)
Critical posthumanism
Critical look at humanism and human exceptionalism- reducing human centrism- “making kin”- multispecies- etc.
Transhumanism
Developing with technology to become MORE human through NBIC technologies (nano, bio, informatic and cognitive)
Sub-anthropomorfisme
Wanneer we menselijke eigenschappen aan dingen toeschrijven die niet menselijk zijn, zoals dieren of voorwerpen, maar dit niet overdoen, zodat ze nog steeds als niet-menselijk worden gezien. Het helpt om die dingen begrijpelijker of interessanter te maken voor mensen.
(Vidal)
Anthropomorfisme
Niet-menselijke dingen, menselijke eigenschappen of gedrag geven, zoals pratende dieren in tekenfilms. Dit doen we om dingen begrijpelijker en interessanter te maken.
(Vidal)
Petite cyborg
Wordt voorgesteld om wezens te beschrijven die ergens tussen mens en technologische verlossing staan. Ze bestaan uit een combinatie van levend weefsel en kunstmatige onderdelen, en zijn afhankelijk van zowel sociale als materiële aspecten. Dit voorstel komt voort uit zorgen geuit door wetenschappers, filosofen en schrijvers van fantasy en sciencefiction
(Boss)
Citadellen
Centra van macht; zoals laboratoria, computerontwikkeling, laboratoria en klinieken.
(Bruun)
New humanism
Ziet de mens als een proces en werkwoord
(Hasse)
Ontologie
De filosofische tak die het wezen onderzoekt dat achter de waargenomen werkelijkheid schuilgaat
(Hasse)
Ontogeny
de manier van groei en ontwikkeling van een individu tot volwassenheid
(Hasse)
The Singularist
“The figure of the Vitruvian singularist posthuman basically becomes a term for a kind of technology-merged cyborgian figure, which prioritises the technologically enhanced super human. As this posthuman has no feeble body, all signs of race, ethnicity, class, and gender are also erased as it promises global enhancements—an example of what the anthropologist Sareeta Amrute has named ‘Tech ColonialismToday’
(Hasse)
The spinozist
They question human exceptionalism and our right to destroy life conditions for humans and non-humans, as well as questioning the Vitruvian normative and bounded conceptions of intelligent humans.
(Hasse)
