ARTICOLI / 1 / Roberto Marchesini /
The past thirty years saw intense discussions about the concept of «post-human» or posthuman condition. Though often starting from profoundly different presuppositions and intellectual perspectives, these debates have inevitably created a well-defined and recognizable cultural climate. What we intend to do in this article is to clarify: a) whether it is possible to define the posthuman project in terms of a movement or cultural climate, or whether the divergence between the different approaches is such that no common coordinates can be found to justify a homogeneous definition; b) what are the most important schools of thought within this philosophical proposal, and whether it is possible to contextualize them according to precise standards; c) whether the definition of posthumanist philosophy is tenable, and what are its peculiarities with respect to the posthuman movement.
