The Future of the Human
An Introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3893879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Armstrong (0000-0001-5452-799X), Warren Montag (0000-0002-3957-3979) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | differences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-7391 • E-ISSN: 1527-1986 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/10407391-2009-001 |
| OpenAlex | W2330489119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
To pose the question of the future of the human is to open at least two distinct lines of inquiry.The first concerns the idea of the human itself, an idea whose complexity is perhaps obscured by the use of the definite article.There are not only different and openly antagonistic theories of the human (of what constitutes humanity, that is, the essential properties that distinguish it from other species of life, as well as of the rights, obligations, and duties proper to humanity as such) to consider, but also the fraught relationship between these theories and the forms in which they are actualized.It thus becomes imperative to specify what is at stake in the struggle between opposing humanities in their theoretical and practical forms and the futures they actively fight to secure.It is at this point that a second line of inquiry necessarily emerges: If the human, or some notion of the human, has a future, then what present, or past, for that matter, determines its persistence?Further, if the future is to be conceived neither as telos nor as eskhaton, neither as fulfillment nor as cessation, then against what form of pressure must it struggle to continue to persist?What other futures, human or inhuman, accompany and contest it
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |