Decentring the Human? Towards a Post- Anthropocentric Standpoint Theory

• Authors: AnaLouise Keating , Kimberly Merenda

Title variants

PL

Decentralizacja człowieka? Ku postantropocentrycznej teorii punktu widzenia

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Drawing on recent developments in virology and the work of Chicana queer-feminist Gloria Anzaldúa, this article explores the possibility of shifting from anthropocentric epistemologies (including feminist standpoint theories) into more expansive, decentralized modes of knowledge production which are neither entirely human-centered nor fully post-human. We explore this shift through several parts: (1) A brief overview of recent critiques of anthropocentrism and the limitations in mainstream feminist standpoint theory’s ability to overcome this anthropocentrism; (2) an exploration of recent developments in virology’s promising alternatives to anthropocentrism’s narrow definition of the human; and (3) an analysis of Anzaldúa’s innovative nepantlera subjectivity and onto-epistemology as seen in her theory of conocimiento. Because scholars have yet to examine the post-anthropocentric (and posthumanist) dimensions of Anzaldúa’s thought, but instead generally categorize her epistemology as an ethnic-specific feminist standpoint theory, her work offers a unique point of entry into these investigations.

PL

Bazując na ostatnich postępach w wirusologii oraz pracy queerowej feministki chicano Glorii Anzaldúa’y, w niniejszym artykule badamy możliwość przesunięcia z pozycji epistemologii antropocentrycznych (w tym feministycznych teorii punktu widzenia) w stronę szerszych, zdecentralizowanych sposobów produkcji wiedzy - takich, które ani nie byłyby skoncentrowane wyłącznie na człowieku, ani nie były w pełni postludzkie. Badamy to przejście w kilku etapach składających się na poszczególne części niniejszego artykułu: (1) krótki przegląd współczesnych krytyk antropocentryzmu oraz ograniczeń feministycznej teorii punktu widzenia głównego nurtu w kontekście przekroczenia antropocentryzmu; (2) analiza współczesnych opracowań z obszaru wirusologii, które prezentują obiecujące alternatywy wobec wąskiej antropocentrycznej definicji tego, co ludzkie; oraz (3) analiza podmiotowości nepantlera i onto-epistemologii Anzaldúa’y na gruncie jej teorii conocimiento. Dzieło Glorii Anzaldúa’y dostarcza nam unikalnej perspektywy dla powyższych rozważań, gdyż postantropocentryczny (i posthumanistyczny) wymiar myśli Anzaldúa’y nie został jeszcze w pełni zbadany, a jej epistemologię powszechnie kategoryzuje się jako etnicznie określoną feministyczną teorię punktu widzenia.

Keywords

EN

anthropocentrism; feminist standpoint theory; Gloria Anzaldúa; postanthropocentrism; virology; anthropocentrism; feminist standpoint theory; Gloria Anzaldúa; postanthropocentrism; virology

PL

antropocentryzm; feministyczna teoria punktu widzenia; Gloria Anzaldúa; postantropocentryzm; wirusologia

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Praktyka Teoretyczna
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 65-88

Dates

published

2013-01-01

Contributors

author

AnaLouise Keating

• Department of Women’s Studies Texas Woman’s University

author

Kimberly Merenda

• Department of Women’s Studies Texas Woman’s University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/prt.2013.4.4