The posthumanist tabula rasa

This article offers an examination of posthumanist epistemology. Building on wider claims that `posthumanist' theorists risk disavowing the historicity of their concepts, the article asks why the posthumanist image of the researcher has proven attractive to humanities and social sciences schola...

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Published inResearch in education (Manchester) Vol. 101; no. 1; pp. 25 - 29
Main Author Rekret, Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2018
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Cognitive Processes
Educational philosophy
Epistemology
Humanism
Humanities
Innocence
Locke, John (1632-1704)
Philosophy
Politics
Social sciences
Social Systems
Theorists
capitalism
new materialism
epistemology
Posthumanism
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ISSN0034-5237
2050-4608
DOI10.1177/0034523718792162

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Abstract This article offers an examination of posthumanist epistemology. Building on wider claims that `posthumanist' theorists risk disavowing the historicity of their concepts, the article asks why the posthumanist image of the researcher has proven attractive to humanities and social sciences scholarship in recent years. In examining this question the article suggests that posthumanist epistemology is premised upon a claim to the innocence of knowledge, a notion that the article traces back to the origins of modern philosophy in the work of John Locke and his view of the mind as a blank slate. Such an analysis will serve to underline the argument that claims to innocence are themselves strategically deployed epistemic tools that have political implications.
AbstractList This article offers an examination of posthumanist epistemology. Building on wider claims that "posthumanist" theorists risk disavowing the historicity of their concepts, the article asks why the posthumanist image of the researcher has proven attractive to humanities and social sciences scholarship in recent years. In examining this question the article suggests that posthumanist epistemology is premised upon a claim to the innocence of knowledge, a notion that the article traces back to the origins of modern philosophy in the work of John Locke and his view of the mind as a blank slate. Such an analysis will serve to underline the argument that claims to innocence are themselves strategically deployed epistemic tools that have political implications.
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Epistemology
Humanism
Humanities
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Philosophy
Politics
Social sciences
Social Systems
Theorists
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