Posthuman geographies? Biotechnology, nature and the demise of the autonomous human subject
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3977838 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fiona Coyle (0000-0002-8000-3636, Cardiff University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 505-523 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649360600825653 |
| OpenAlex | W2009356016 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 13 |
Some theorists claim that we have constructed a posthuman/postnatural world, where the corporeal and ontological boundaries between human and non-human nature have been eroded. Novel biotechnologies such as xenotransplantation and cross-species gene transfer are claimed to shake our belief in an autonomous human subject, as they question the naturalized division between human–animal–plant life forms, and draw awareness to the genetic and structural similarities between them. Optimistic posthumanist thinkers argue that the breaching of this boundary between the sacred (human nature) and profane (non-human nature) should propel us into a posthuman future characterized by a new ethical appreciation of our non-human ‘cousins’. Conversely, in national focus groups, certain members of the New Zealand public reacted by expressing disgust and abhorrence towards hybridity; others responded more pragmatically and began to interrogate the boundaries between human and non-human nature. Many of these reactions paralleled those of posthumanist theorists such as N. Katherine Hayles, Donna Haraway, Paul Virilio and Francis Fukuyama, yet were expressed through the more dichotomous language of every life. Specifically, I explore the construction of boundaries between human and non-human nature, ‘posthuman pollution’, what it means to be human, and spiritual/religious perspectives on posthumanism
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Personhood · Posthuman · Posthumanism · Sociology · Subject (documents · Transhumanism · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
Mobilité humaine et changement environnemental
Trapped in nature
Decolonizing place in early childhood studies
Traditional knowledge in a time of crisis
Rethinking urban AI
More-than-human social geographies
Passing Propinquities in the Multicultural City
Cougar figures, gender, and the performances of predation
Towards compulsive geographies
Sexualized violence and the gendered commodification of the animal body in Pacific Northwest US dairy production
Life and Death Decisions in our Posthuman(ist) Times
The matter of ‘virtual’ geographies
Knowledge, Space and Biotechnology
Psychics, crystals, candles and cauldrons
They'rehere-I canfeelthem
Posthuman Cartography? Rethinking Artificial Intelligence, Cartographic Practices, and Reflexivity
Experiencing the New Genetics
How We Became Posthuman
“It just goes against the grain.” Public understandings of genetically modified (GM) food in the UK
Pandora's Box or panacea? Using metaphors to create the public representations of biotechnology
The visible human project
Space, time and nature
Challenging a place myth
The lived body
Cracking the Canyon with the Awesome Foursome
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women
Cooking up
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,84 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |