The Nonhuman Demand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4389503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian James (0009-0004-2960-5502), Ian Richard James (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6-21 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Paragraph (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-8334 • E-ISSN: 1750-0176 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/para.2019.0285 |
| OpenAlex | W2913606308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article seeks to address the question of humanity and animality through an elaboration of what will be called here the 'nonhuman demand'. It aims to problematize the category of the 'posthuman' through a critical reading of Rosi Braidotti's 2013 book which bears that name. It is argued that the question of humanity and animality can only be adequately addressed in the context of a nonhuman demand that is made upon thought and to which thought must respond. Rather than an idealizing and all too philosophical conception of the 'posthuman', the article concludes with reference to both Jean-Luc Nancy and François Laruelle that it is possible to think the 'nonhuman' as instance immanent to all and every kind of existence, human and inhuman alike. This 'nonhuman' instance can be taken as the basis of a consistently egalitarian thinking of humanity in its relation to animality
Epistemology · Humanity · Posthuman · Posthumanism · Sociology · Theology · Computer Science · History · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |