Inci Bilgin Tekin is associate professor of English Language and Literature at Istanbul Bilgi University. Zeynep Talay Turner is professor of philosophy at Istanbul Bilgi University.
Description
Preface: The Fate of Vitruvian Man Introduction Chapter 1: Humanism, Posthumanism, Animals, Earth Chapter 2: Encounters with Ancestors: Being/s Before the Human Chapter 3: Spinoza and Renaturalization Chapter 4: Posthuman, Literary Canon and A Difficult Dialogue: Literature about Environment or Environmental Literature? Chapter 5: Exiting Human Environment: Metamorphosis in Bilge Karasu's The Garden of Departed Cats Chapter 6: Voice(s): Ontological Pluralism in Contemporary Environmental Poetics Chapter 7: Canine Ecology, Spatial Politics, and the Annihilation of Istanbul's Dogs in the Last Decades of the Ottoman Empire Chapter 8: Flanerie Beyond the City: Urban Mobility and Nature Encounters in Late Ottoman Istanbul via Servet-i Fuenun Narratives Chapter 9: Singing the Human Away: Manifestations of the Posthuman in Music Chapter 10: An Essay for the Living in a Time of Extinction Chapter 11: Mothering the Mother: Africanfuturist Time-Images in Wanuri Kahiu's Pumzi Chapter 12: (Non/Post) Human: Body, Technology, Environment/Phases of Matter, De Humani Corporis Fabrica About the Contributors
This collection demonstrates convincingly how posthumanist concerns can be brought to bear on environmental humanities. The coverage of disciplines and topics is comprehensive - music, film, theatre, art, literature, philosophy and social history are all addressed - and the range of approaches - from conceptual analysis to case studies - means that there is something here for everyone. -- OEzden Soezalan, Istanbul Bilgi University