Call for Papers: Critical Humanism and Ecology

The age we live in has been called the Anthropocene, that is, the era of the human transformation of the earth. In this age or era, human beings have become agents penetrating the earth from all sides, changing, transforming, naming and interpreting each and every element of it.
This needs to be questioned in every aspect, and it is imperative that this inquiry be conducted in an interdisciplinary manner, beyond the boundaries of any single discipline. Thus, in this issue, we expect to discuss the concept of the human and its relationship with nature while engaging with certain schools of thought and movements, such as posthumanism, transhumanism and ecofeminism. We expect articles from authors from diverse subject areas raising questions similar or related to the questions and issues raised below:
• How can we problematize the idea of the human being as an autonomous, conscious, purposeful and/or rational agent?
• How can we discuss the idea of the human being both as the constituent element of different life systems and as a being constituted by these systems, i.e. as part of the evolving ecosystem?
• What critical positions can there be concerning the transhumanist ideas that aim at technological improvements, including extending lifespans, of the body (biology), construed as the limiting factor of human qualities?
• Considering the human domination over nature in the age of the Anthropocene, can we further discuss this form of domination in comparison to other oppression forms among differences in gender, ethnicity, geographical mobilization, migration or age, and bring it into question at particular moments in the relationship with nature?

Issue Editors: Özge Ejder, Çiğdem Yazıcı, Zeynep Talay Turner
Submission Deadline: July 20, 2022