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This chapter explores the need for, and possibility of, introducing important insights concerning the current global move away from a humanist, anthropocentric way of thinking, towards a posthumanist, post-anthropocentric approach across a wide spectrum of disciplines (including the humanities) into the practice of higher education. To this end, and with a startling characterisation of the Anthropocene by Daniel Cunha (2015) as point of departure (to frame the subsequent discussion), the argument proceeds from a consideration of the meaning of humanism, anthropocentrism, posthuman(ism) and post-anthropocentrism, to the implications of these for the humanities (including education), drawing mainly from the important work of Rosi Braidotti (2013) in this regard.
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Olivier, B. (2016). Education, Communication and a Posthuman Future. In: Samuel, M.A., Dhunpath, R., Amin, N. (eds) Disrupting Higher Education Curriculum. Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-896-9_8
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