# Rosi Braidotti
[wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosi_Braidotti)
(1954– )
## Description
Italian-Australian philosopher known for posthumanism, nomadic subjectivity, and feminist critical theory; her work reframes the subject as embodied, relational, and non-unitary against humanist models of a stable, bounded self, extending Deleuzian thought into contemporary posthumanist and new-materialist theory.
## Key Tags
#posthumanism #philosophy #theorist #feminist
## Essential Works
- [Nomadic Subjects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosi_Braidotti) (1994) - foundational statement of nomadic subjectivity as a feminist, anti-essentialist model of embodied identity
- [The Posthuman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosi_Braidotti) (2013) - widely cited synthesis of posthumanist theory across philosophy, science, and the humanities
- [Metamorphoses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosi_Braidotti) (2002) - extends nomadic theory toward the posthuman and technology
## Details
Trained in continental philosophy (PhD, Sorbonne) under a strong Deleuzian influence; her "nomadic subject" reframes identity as processual and embodied rather than fixed, a model she extends through *The Posthuman* into a broader critique of anthropocentrism, Eurocentrism, and humanist exceptionalism across the arts, sciences, and politics. Longtime director of the Centre for the Humanities at Utrecht University, a major European hub for posthumanist and critical theory.
### Concepts and Theories
- [[Affirmative Posthumanism]] - a central contemporary theorist of posthumanism, reframing the subject beyond humanist and anthropocentric models
- [[Philosophy]] - extends Deleuzian and feminist philosophy into nomadic and posthumanist theory
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### Institutional Affiliations and Associated Movements
- Utrecht University - founding director of the Centre for the Humanities
## References
### Primary Sources Bibliography
Braidotti, Rosi. *The Posthuman*. Polity Press, 2013.
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