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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2018, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 48-56.

• Issue in Focus: Posthumanism and the Future of Literary Theory Studies • Previous Articles     Next Articles

From Antihumanism to Posthuman: Beyond Anthropomorphical Dialectics

Zhang Chunxiao   

  1. the School of Humanities of Soochow University
  • Online:2018-05-25 Published:2018-10-19
  • About author:Zhang Chunxiao, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the School of Humanities of Soochow University. Her major research area is literature theory, with special focus on post-colonialism and Hong Kong films.

Abstract: Humanism and some Anti-humanistic theories share the same dialectical logic, which is deconstructed by Derrida but lacks alternatives. On the other hand, humanism is easily brought back into the discussion of Posthumanistic subjects due to anthropomorphism characterized by dialectics. This article tries to differentiate the "Posthuman" in its narrow sense from Antihumanism in its broad sense. Such Posthuman is exteriority that detours the consciousness of subjectivity, monism that deconstructs all kinds of fundamentalism and binary, and, finally, empirical embodiment.

Key words: posthuman, humanism, anti-humanism, deconstructionism, dialectics