Published October 4, 2018
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Book Section - Chapter
Beyond Death: Posthuman Perspectives in Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland's 'Macrobiotics'
- Creators
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Holland, Jocelyn
Abstract
In this essay, I argue that the questions raised by Rosi Braidotti with regard a posthuman understanding of death are not new and that they connect in unexpected ways Goethe-era physician Christoph Hufeland's treatise on Macrobiotics, or the Art of Prolonging Life. More generally, I also show how there are elements of the posthuman theories of death more grounded in historical writing conventions than have previously been acknowledged by posthuman thinkers.
Additional Information
© 2019 Bloomsbury Publishing.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 106747
- DOI
- 10.5040/9781501335709.ch-014
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20201119-212950958
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2020-11-20Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-16Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Series Name
- New Directions in German Studies
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 23