Francesca Ferrando is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy at NYU-Liberal Studies, New York University, USA. A leading voice in the field of Posthuman Studies and founder of the NY Posthuman Research Group, she is the recipient of numerous honors and recognitions.

• Foreword: The Posthuman As Exuberant Excess by Rosi BraidottiIntroduction:From Humans to Posthumans1. Part 1What is Philosophical Posthumanism?1. Premises2. From Postmodern to Posthuman3. Posthumanism and Its Others4. The Birth of Transhumanism5. Contemporary Transhumanism(s)6 The Roots of Transhumanism7 Transhumanism and Techno-Enchantment8. Posthumanist Technologies as Ways of Revealing9. Antihumanism and the Übermensch10. Philosophical PosthumanismInterlude 1Part 2Of Which “Human” is the Posthuman a “Post”?11. The Power of the Hyphen12. Humanizing13. The Anthropological Machine14. Almost, Human15. Technologies of the Self as Posthumanist (Re)Sources16. The Epiphany of Becoming Human17. Where does the word “human” come from?18. Mammals or Homo sapiens?Interlude 2Part 3Have We Always Been Posthuman?19. Post-Anthropocentrism in the Anthropocene20. Posthuman Lifea. Bios and Zoeb. Animate / Inanimate21. Artificial Life22. Evolving Species23. Posthumanities24. Posthuman Bioethics25. Human Enhancement26. Cognitive Autopoiesis27. Posthumanist Perspectivism28. From New Materialisms to Object Oriented Ontology29. Philosophical Posthumanist Ontology30. The Multiversea. The Multiverse in Scienceb. The Multiverse in Philosophyc. A Thought Experiment: The Posthuman MultiverseConcluding CelebrationBibliography Acknowledgements

Ferrando skillfully disentangles the umbrella term “posthumanism” and offers original thought experiments concerning a posthuman future ... As such, Philosophical Posthumanism is well-suited to audiences who are new to posthuman theory, but it also provides original critical material that will interest readers familiar with the field of posthumanism.