The Art of Being Posthuman: Who Are We in the 21st Century? By Francesca Ferrando

If critical posthumanism is enjoying particular momentum, what "the posthuman" might be remains a somewhat open question. Francesca Ferrando’s book The Art of Being Posthuman: Who Are We in the 21st Century? provides an insightful answer, cutting through philosophical posthumanism and lived life with a self-help book of sorts. If we have never been “human”, as Ferrando shows by navigating our entanglements across a strikingly wide array of realms and scales, one may realise with this book that to be posthuman may not be a state, but an act. Ferrando's book is a rich contribution to critical and philosophical posthumanism, which is not only intellectual but also creative and affective.