A review by christine_exlibris
The Posthuman by Rosi Braidotti

5.0

As a relatively new acolyte, I won't pretend that much of what Braidotti argues in this book is completely understandable to me, as some sections are very dense indeed (or perhaps it is I who is dense, for not grasping all she puts forth). However, I will say that I completely agree that as humans we've pretty much made a mess of the planet, despite our technological advances much of it has been to our detriment, especially our social online techno interactions with its invasive algorithms, that we've lost much of our own (human) agency. Not to mention the contemporary market (global) economies and how consumerism simply feeds into the insatiable capitalist machine churning out huge corporate profits. We have lost much in our collective and individual pursuits of comfort and wealth and destroyed much of the planet (and animals) in the interim. In her conclusion, Braidotti suggests that our only hope for a sustainable future may be in constructing a "new social bonding and community building while pursuing sustainability and empowerment". The question is, are we ready and capable?