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Mark Stahlman <[log in to unmask]>
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tree of knowledge system discussion <[log in to unmask]>
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ToKers:

As many of you know, the "hot topic" today in many places  
(particularly "philosophical" ones) is called Posthumanism.  It is  
active at NYU and I have participated in some of their events.  I was  
supposed to be included in the NY group's involvement in the XXIVth  
World Congress for Philosophy in Beijing this past summer, where there  
were many sessions on the topic, but ran into problems with  
"permission" for the other meetings I was going to have (which then  
took place in October.)

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__wcp2018.pku.edu.cn_yw_index.htm&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=KMaR2vfm7NpckSBl2UODzFLGWTr7Jw7fq5C6X3Dt_Tk&s=5y0lcsmQk34WuLS0-GCPiI5FT_xfYp0TC_jHTBoVBt8&e=

It is the view of the Center that there are now globally Three  
Spheres: East, West and Digital and that the Digital Sphere has  
"posthumanity" as its goal.  This is related (but not identical) to  
the older "transhumanism."

This announcement appeared this AM on the NYU group's Facebook page,  
so I pass it along for discussion here --

            


      Stefan Lorenz Sorgner[1] shared A link[2].

      51 mins[2]


    PLEASE SHARE the following information for all scholars of the posthuman:

    The oldest publishing house in the world, Schwabe publishing  
(founded 1488), deeply rooted in the humanist tradition, embraces the  
intellectual engagement with one of the most significant debates of  
our time: Posthuman Studies: From Critical Posthumanism to  
Transhumanism. The series explicitly targets the international  
audience. All books will be peer-reviewed, copyedited, and  
internationally distributed. There are no printing cost subsidies.  
Please submit your manuscipt to Prof. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, if you  
want it to be considered for this book series: www.sorgner.de[3]

    Here you find some more information about this newly launched book  
series: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__beyondhumanism.org_&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=KMaR2vfm7NpckSBl2UODzFLGWTr7Jw7fq5C6X3Dt_Tk&s=IhAIMNjKuJCD1XGxua1-Lu0qs6wiy29o9S3n86U0Bcg&e=…/Flyer_Call-for-Manuscripts_Fina…[4]

     If you merely wish to publish a paper, please consider submitting  
it to the "Journal of Posthuman Studies" which was launched by Penn  
State University Press in 2017. It is the first academic journal  
explicitly dedicated to the  
posthuman: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.psupress.org_Journals_jnls-5FJPHS.html&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=KMaR2vfm7NpckSBl2UODzFLGWTr7Jw7fq5C6X3Dt_Tk&s=9rDQ3LhI2g3b5rhCh1ofDZqgqQ7EDwY5VCSoKkTOIdY&e=

     To meet other scholars of the posthuman, the best place to be is  
the 11th Beyond Humanism conference which is dedicated to the  
following theme in 2019: Critical Posthumanism and Transhumanism: The  
Posthuman Paradigm Shift. It will take place from the 9th until the  
12th of July 2019 at the Catholic University of Lille, France, Faculty  
of Arts and Humanities, ETHICS EA-7446. Here, you find the Call for  
Papers:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__beyondhumanism.org_&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=KMaR2vfm7NpckSBl2UODzFLGWTr7Jw7fq5C6X3Dt_Tk&s=IhAIMNjKuJCD1XGxua1-Lu0qs6wiy29o9S3n86U0Bcg&e=

      

  Mark

P.S. Yes, it is ironic that PRINT ("the oldest publishing house in the  
world") is getting involved in this.  PRINT was the enemy of SCRIBAL,  
eliminating perhaps 80% of the materials that had been written by  
scribes, ushering in what McLuhan called the "Gutenberg Galaxy."   
PRINT was already "posthuman" in the sense that it took human  
communications and mechanized it, replacing the human hand in the  
process. 

  When PRINT was itself being replaced by the ELECTRIC  
psycho-technological environment in the late-19th century, this led to  
the invention of the Typewriter, a machine that allowed humans to  
pretend that they were a printing press.  I have known people with  
massive collections of early typewriters and, if you are inclined to  
observe the behaviors involved, I recommend the recent movie  
"California Typewriter" (complete with the logo that replaces the  
human head with a machine) . . . !!

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__californiatypewritermovie.com_&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=KMaR2vfm7NpckSBl2UODzFLGWTr7Jw7fq5C6X3Dt_Tk&s=X1FDkBxn74dMM6gvUMFagGHstnqjBzD3ZMmCrVyjdzk&e=

 


Links:
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[1]  
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_stefan.sorgner-3Ffref-3Dgs-26-5F-5Ftn-5F-5F-3D-252CdlC-2DR-2DR-26eid-3DARD677M0Ca-2DsOPJyFnMoMNMfywygRwmHAWXk71OqM54-5FylUiLMUwf2RjCLYg-5FGb9K-5FoLeYFicgH8VBhz-26hc-5Fref-3DARSj8eghSQHLpujo5BPYR3bb-2DurC5Mo95vNuLxH1EmPkcfI-2D4rdWLqr6nYmdloZTOug-26dti-3D1393341940933102-26hc-5Flocation-3Dgroup&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=KMaR2vfm7NpckSBl2UODzFLGWTr7Jw7fq5C6X3Dt_Tk&s=UYXVRDpmKwzzlLSkIIsojfWLmhjDIC4nT-MyasxeuiI&e=
[2] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_groups_nyposthuman_permalink_2223414994592455_&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=KMaR2vfm7NpckSBl2UODzFLGWTr7Jw7fq5C6X3Dt_Tk&s=0bki-DAzqgvNpYyCuO7--OQIivrj5lhyeOh87ketJIU&e=
[3] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sorgner.de_&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=KMaR2vfm7NpckSBl2UODzFLGWTr7Jw7fq5C6X3Dt_Tk&s=9GKRg7uNihpeldqTpl2rNTwk0R2tFmk8DlNC0JTL1YU&e=
[4]  
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__beyondhumanism.org_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2018_08_Flyer-5FCall-2Dfor-2DManuscripts-5FFinal-5Flow.pdf&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=KMaR2vfm7NpckSBl2UODzFLGWTr7Jw7fq5C6X3Dt_Tk&s=Y00O1Q90n0tTpVb-HYGm6zR4Dad00vKKcQl4vdv6brc&e=

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