Autobiography, Authenticity, Human, and Posthuman
Eva Hoffman's Lost In Translation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3806775 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andy Mousley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-114 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2012.0013 |
| OpenAlex | W2060593775 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article contrasts two versions of posthumanism. In one, argued to be in continuity with humanism's own self-critical tradition, metaphysical questions, existential dilemmas, and issues of authentic human existence persist. In the other, dubbed "post-metaphysical," such questions are abandoned. The article uses a literary autobiography, Eva Hoffman's Lost in Translation , to demonstrate the importance of keeping posthumanism human
Aesthetics · Art · Biography · Epistemology · Existentialism · Humanism · Literature · Metaphysics · Posthuman · Posthumanism · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Literature and Cultural Memory · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |