• PRATYUSH RANJAN

Most hitherto theories and ideologies of social sciences, from the so-called classical ones to the critical ones are inherently anthropocentric and humanistic in nature. Even if most theories seem to be positioned antithetical to one another, they share similar anthropocentric assumptions. Major divergence in the evolution of social sciences comes in the form of the so-called posthuman turn, which refers to the various ways in which new modes of thoughts emerge or are invented by adopting approaches that are significantly different from the conventional humanist and anthropocentric ones, especially from a philosophical perspective. The ideational changes are catalyzed by corresponding changes in history, in the form of revolutionary developments in Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanist technologies, and so on. This paper aims to give a brief and generalist introduction of posthumanism. It begins by defining posthumanism, before trying to locate some of its roots in feminist studies and in science and technology studies. It then attempts to explain posthumanism through the three categories Francesca Ferrando divides Posthumanism into- Post-Humanism (notice the hyphen), Post-anthropocentrism, and Post-dualism, before concluding with a brief commentary.

Anthropocentrism, Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Dualism, Feminism, Ecologism, Anthropocene, Speciesism

"BEYOND ANTHROPOCENTRISM - A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE POSTHUMAN TURN IN SOCIAL SCIENCES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.46-58, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906446.pdf

"BEYOND ANTHROPOCENTRISM - A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE POSTHUMAN TURN IN SOCIAL SCIENCES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp46-58, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906446.pdf