TY  - JOUR
T1  - Transhumanism, Posthumanism, And The “Cyborg Identity”
AU  - Çavuş, Cennet Ceren
PY  - 2021
DA  - June
DO  - 10.46655/federgi.947009
JF  - Fe Dergi
PB  - Ankara University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-128X
SP  - 177
EP  - 187
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
LA  - tr
AB  - The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief analysis of two confusable philosophical positions,Transhumanism and Posthumanism, and compare their approaches in terms of their social andecological concerns through an examination of Donna Haraway’s “cyborg identity.” Harawayintroduces a ground-breaking approach in A Cyborg Manifesto and her later works, which blurs theformerly defined, distinct categories and identities that underlie the oppression of animals, humans,men, women, machines etc. By using postmodernist deconstruction, she wants to challenge Westerndualisms and all kinds of oppression it causes. While Transhumanists, who inherit anthropocentrismfrom Humanism, support technological advancement to enhance the human condition, Posthumanistsdraw attention to the harms of the anthropocentric approach in terms of social and ecological justiceand offer a more comprehensive and compassionate approach to other species inhabiting the planet.Since both Transhumanists and Posthumanists promote enhancement, Transhumanists needPosthumanist insights to really enhance the human condition concerning her environment.
KW  - Posthumanism
KW  - Transhumanism
KW  - Ecofeminism
CR  - Allenby, Braden. “Technology and Transhumanism: Unpredictability, Radical Contingency, and Accelerating Change,” Building Better Humans?: Refocusing the Debate on Transhumanism ed. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Kenneth L. Mossman (Frankfurt: Peter Land, 2011), 441-464.
CR  - Åsberg, Cecilia and Braidotti, Rosi. “Feminist Posthumanities: An Introduction,” A Feminist Companion to the Posthumanities eds. Cecilia Åsberg and Rosi Braidotti (Switzerland: Springer, 2018), 1-22.
CR  - Åsberg, Cecilia and Radomska, Marietta “Why we need feminist posthumanities for a more-than-human world,” August 23, 2019, https://www
UR  - https://doi.org/10.46655/federgi.947009
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1803280
ER  -