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In this review of Cary Wolfe's new essay collection, What is Posthumanism?, Neil Badmington reflects on the ebb and flow of "the posthuman" and ponders what Wolfe's work suggests for the future of the field.

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In Critical Environments, Wolfe also explores the theoretical and pragmatic similarities and differences between Luhmannian systems theory and contemporary Marxist philosophy. On pages 147-149, his theoretical sympathies with Luhmann and his political sympathies with Fredric Jameson seem to pull him in opposite, perhaps contradictory directions.

‐ Ryan Brooks

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John Bruni has also reviewed Wolfe’s collection for ebr.

‐ Ryan Brooks

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