ABSTRACT
This chapter starts with a brief introduction to posthumanist ideas, before turning to the two concepts of the posthuman theoretical framework, post-anthropocentrism and intra-relationality. Therefore, post-anthropocentrism is introduced in contrast to anthropocentrism, and intra-relationality is introduced in contrast to subject-centrism. Braidotti states that posthumanism relies on two foundations: a critique of humanism and a post-anthropocentric critique. In order to understand what posthumanism could offer as a contrasting concept, post humanism can be seen as non humanism or pre humanism. One problem with criticizing centric positions is that the aspect that is undergoing a decentering process is still in focus. The chapter discusses post-anthropocentrism more generally before turning to three aspects that are included in this concept, namely decentering, flat ontology, and materiality. It also discusses the connection of intra-relationality and post-anthropocentrism, three aspects of intra-relationality: subject/object and ethico-onto-epistemology.
