post-humanismn.1
/ˌpəʊstˈhjuːmənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpoʊstˈhjuməˌnɪz(ə)m/ A system of thought formulated in reaction to the basic tenets of humanism, esp. its focus on humanity rather than the divine or supernatural (cf. humanism n. 5). Also (esp. in postmodernist and feminist discourse): writing or thought characterized by rejection of the notion of the rational, autonomous individual, instead conceiving of the nature of the self as fragmentary and socially and historically conditioned.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pragmatism > [noun] > humanism > branches of
scientific humanism1854
secular humanism1895
post-humanism1940
transhumanism1957
posthumanism1971
1940 I. Edman in P. A. Schilpp Philos. of George Santayana 305 (title) A shift in perspective..that qualifies Santayana's humanism so much that one is tempted to call it ‘post-humanism’, in much the same way as he speaks of certain moralities as ‘post-rational’.
1991 S. Robinson Engendering the Subj. i. 53 The ‘subject’ of Smith's book—the human agent capable of resistance—is certainly not the coherent individual of humanism, nor the indifferent theoretical subject of post-humanism.
2000 G. Ward in J. Webster Cambr. Compan. Karl Barth xvii. 287 Barth's post-humanism is a theological reaction to the Pelagian heresies underwriting modernity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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