# Techno Posthumanism [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism) ( 1980s–present ) ## Description The technological and cognitive strand of posthumanism — human/machine and human/animal hybridity, cyborg and cognitive-media technology, and speculative evolutionary human futures, theorized by [[Anna Batori]] through 4E cognition and "amalgamated aesthetics" — distinct from [[Affirmative Posthumanism]]'s critical-theory and ethical framework. ## Key Tags #posthumanism #transhumanism #techno-posthumanism ## Essential Works - Batori, Anna. *Posthumanism, Cognition, and Cyborg Spectatorship: Amalgamated Cinema*. Routledge, 2026. - Argues digital blockbusters function as laboratories for posthuman cognition via 4E cognition and "amalgamated aesthetics" - Dixon, Dougal. *Man after Man: An Anthropology of the Future*. St. Martin's Press, 1990. - Speculative anthropology of future human evolutionary forms ## Details ### Key Theorists - [[Anna Batori]] - develops posthumanist film theory through 4E cognition and "amalgamated aesthetics" in her account of cyborg spectatorship ### Exemplary Practitioners %% none yet %% ### Related Concepts - [[Affirmative Posthumanism]] - the critical-theory/ethical strand of posthumanism this page's technological/enhancement focus is distinguished from - [[Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence]] - shares interest in machine cognition and human/machine boundaries - [[Virtuality]] - shares interest in technologically mediated experience and embodiment ### Creative and Technical Practices %% none yet %% ### Associated Movements or Institutions %% none yet %% ## References ### Primary Sources Bibliography %% none yet %% ### Secondary Sources Bibliography Batori, Anna. *Posthumanism, Cognition, and Cyborg Spectatorship: Amalgamated Cinema*. Routledge, 2026. Dixon, Dougal. *Man after Man: An Anthropology of the Future*. 1st ed. St. Martin's Press, 1990. Lewis, Richard S. *Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject: A Posthuman Approach*. n.d.