| Inhuman: In Lyotard’s thought, the "inhuman" refers to forces that disrupt human-centered narratives, like technology, machines, and impersonal systems. It challenges traditional humanism by exposing limits of reason and identity, highlighting how the postmodern condition involves decentering the human subject in favor of nonhuman, fragmented, and anonymous processes. See also Humanism, Posthumanism, Anti-humanism, Lyotard._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |
