Posthumanism: A Philosophy for the 21st Century?

Digitalization, gene-edited babies and climate crisis: is humanity doomed or simply outdated? Posthumanism's philosophical framework asks these questions.

Published: Sep 5, 2021 written by Agnes Theresa Oberauer , BA Drama & Philosophy Untitled by Michelle Han , 2017, via ArtStation, with Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, 1817, via Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg The impossible has long ago become possible. We can fly. We can communicate across great distances. We can cure many illnesses and have long ago started dabbling with the creation of life itself. The digital revolution is changing how we live, experience our identity, and understand reality. As technology is transforming our lives, we seem to have caught a serious cas

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