What is Post-Humanism? Deconstructing Western Paradigms with Bayo Akomolafe
The Mark Divine Show
Mark Divine
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🗓️ 11 June 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Posthumanism invites us to think beyond human-centric thinking and embrace a more inclusive, interconnected worldview. By confronting cultural challenges and seizing opportunities in life's unexpected disruptions, we can transform our understanding of the world and our role within it.
Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is a philosopher, psychologist, and professor from Nigeria. He is the Chief Curator of The Emergence Network and host of the online course, 'We Will Dance with Mountains'. Dr. Akomolafe's work explores themes of post-humanism, decolonization, and the deconstruction of conventional Western paradigms. He seeks to challenge and reframe dominant narratives around human supremacy, individualism, and progress.
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What Is Post-Humanism? Post-humanism is a philosophical perspective that seeks to de-center the human as the sole source of importance and beauty in the world. It recognizes the significance of other beings and the interconnectedness of all life, inviting us to embrace a more holistic view of the world and our place within it.
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Cracks Are Opportunities: “Cracks" are disturbances or disruptions in our conventional ways of thinking and being. These cracks serve as openings for new ideas, dialogues, and ways of engaging with the world to emerge. We can challenge dominant narratives and explore alternative perspectives by embracing these disruptions.
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Reframing Your Relationship With the World: Recognize that you are a part of the world you aim to protect, rather than separate from it. This reframing encourages us to cultivate humility and a sense of stewardship, understanding that we are in service to the Earth and all its inhabitants.
- Embracing Diversity and Alternative Ways of Knowing: Post-humanism invites us to value and engage with diverse perspectives. By embracing alternative ways of knowing and being, we can enrich our understanding of the world and foster more inclusive and ecologically attuned approaches to the challenges we face.
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| 0:00.0 | One of my principles as a warrior is implicit, you know, Occam's raiser, get to the simple root of things, right? |
| 0:05.3 | But simple is not easy. |
| 0:07.3 | I feel the kinds of transformational moments we seek. The pieces of it do not all lie in our grasp. It's distributed in a |
| 0:16.4 | world that is just as intelligent and alive as us. Only the monstrous can enact |
| 0:22.4 | transformation. |
| 0:23.4 | Think of cracks as the emergence of the monstrous. |
| 0:27.6 | It's the disturbance of the ways that we live. |
| 0:31.0 | It's a tendency that invites a different way of living in the world. |
| 0:35.6 | Do you think artificial intelligence is one of those cracks? |
| 0:38.8 | So that's what you're story about? Yes. |
| 0:40.8 | Baja, thanks so much for joining me today on the Mark Devine show. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm really, really grateful for your presence here. |
| 0:48.1 | So glad to be here, brother. |
| 0:50.2 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:51.5 | I was just reading your background and your website. |
| 0:54.0 | I don't think I understood half the words that you use, but you have a very fascinating life |
| 1:01.8 | and mission, so I'm really excited to kind of dive into it. |
| 1:06.6 | But you're from a tribe in Africa. Tell us about your upbringing. Like, what was that like I for some reason I find it just |
| 1:14.7 | fascinating you know what would be like to be born and brought up in a |
| 1:19.7 | tribal village in Africa help me understand that world, I wasn't brought up in a village. I was |
| 1:25.6 | brought up in a city. You were. I grew up in a city. I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. My growing up had a lot of joy and regret and pain and sorrow like any other persons. |
| 1:41.2 | My father passed away when I was 15. I had to fend for my family to take care of things which often involve cooking, chicken on the streets, to sell barbecue or pushing a truck to earn some money for the family. |
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