# Posthumanism: An Introduction

- Institution: University of Hyderabad
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Pramod K Nayar
- Level: Graduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106503)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106503)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This course is an introduction to one of the most dominant schools of thought in the Humanities and Social Sciences today, with visible impact on computer sciences, legal studies and other disciplines. It examines the origins, key concepts and the central tenets of the school, while drawing from literary texts and, where necessary, popular genres like cinema and comics. It explores the philosophical consequences of a posthumanist vision, especially in terms of robot-ethics, care and the Anthropocene.

Intended audience: Undergrad and postgrad students

## Lectures

1. [Posthumanism: Contexts I: Technologies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/cc72bf3360f0) (YouTube)
2. [Contexts II: Humanism and its Critiques](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/2b5e3897f1b7) (YouTube)
3. [Contexts III: the Environment and the Anthropocene](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/257fe754a957) (YouTube)
4. [Transhumanism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/31a704c4011d) (YouTube)
5. [Popular Posthumanism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/d63a1f0a633d) (YouTube)
6. [Critical Posthumanism. Genealogies - 1: New Materialisms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/bd334da66bec) (YouTube)
7. [Critical Posthumanism. Genealogies - 2: Human-Animal Studies - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/a3a18d75e1b7) (YouTube)
8. [Critical Posthumanism. Genealogies - 2: Human-Animal Studies - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/3f0275c1afd9) (YouTube)
9. [Critical Posthumanism. Genealogies - 3: Consciousness and Cognition Studies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/10507ed1487d) (YouTube)
10. [Critical Posthumanism. Genealogies - 4: Feminist Epistemologies, Ethics & Posthumanism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/b19a4cae56b9) (YouTube)
11. [Critical Posthumanism. Genealogies - 5: Disability Studies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/c5a88521d720) (YouTube)
12. [Posthuman Bodies: Cyborgs 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/e5ab4b294bed) (YouTube)
13. [Posthuman Bodies: Cyborgs 2 - Gender and Cyborgs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/ec437926303b) (YouTube)
14. [Posthuman Biology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/d1899b4aa228) (YouTube)
15. [Biotech, Biocapitalism and Posthuman Bodies/Biology - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/732ca3de909b) (YouTube)
16. [Biotech, Biocapitalism and Posthuman Bodies/Biology -II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/e483160fd1a9) (YouTube)
17. [Biopolitics and Biocapitalism in Contemporary Literature](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/f60d4cc4709b) (YouTube)
18. [The Question of the Nonhuman I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/9c58ff950e1d) (YouTube)
19. [The Question of the Nonhuman II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/1fcf9bff4a55) (YouTube)
20. [Companion Species & Multispecies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/ac8d8cd92289) (YouTube)
21. [Transcorporeal Trauma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/672121e62f1d) (YouTube)
22. [Multispecies in Contemporary Literature](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/ee59dc8bee02) (YouTube)
23. [BioArt](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/24152c6ba9b5) (YouTube)
24. [Posthuman Performance Arts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/9f0967daa6c7) (YouTube)
25. [Literary Posthumanisms 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/f1f212480aed) (YouTube)
26. [Literary Posthumanisms 2: Feminist Speculative Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/0cc4d8c4bb09) (YouTube)
27. [Literary Posthumanism 3: Group Discussion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/28327466a722) (YouTube)
28. [Posthuman Subjects I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/adc72171d826) (YouTube)
29. [Posthuman Subjects II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/6922a8adba2d) (YouTube)
30. [Posthuman Subjects and Ethics I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/858b9ef381dc) (YouTube)
31. [Posthuman Subjects and Ethics II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/e36b9d647fef) (YouTube)
32. [Posthuman Vulnerability, Ethics and Contemporary Literature](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/b0ba63a36faf) (YouTube)
33. [The Environment and Posthumanism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/c8800850985e) (YouTube)
34. [The Posthuman, the Anthropocene and the Post-natural in Contemporary Literature -I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/6f9941080e4a) (YouTube)
35. [The Posthuman, the Anthropocene and the Post-natural in Contemporary Literature -II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/1bde042d0cd8) (YouTube)
36. [Posthumanism and Care](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/43b33b53fc57) (YouTube)
37. [Posthumanism and the Anthropocene: Group Discussion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/4607f259a028) (YouTube)
38. [Human Enhancement - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/402023eefc45) (YouTube)
39. [Human Enhancement - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/be467ec9bcbc) (YouTube)
40. [Human Enhancement - III](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/ffed4a1e39c7) (YouTube)
41. [Moral Enhancement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/f6c6a5961751) (YouTube)
42. [Posthuman Sports](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/b597cab00756) (YouTube)
43. [Moral Enhancement and Contemporary Literature: Octavia Butler’s Hyperempaths](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/d37bd4515934) (YouTube)
44. [Literary Posthumanism IV: Group Discussion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106503/a805973f24bc) (YouTube)