Nietzsche's Posthumanism : University of Minnesota Press : 9781517915322 : 1517915325 : 20 Sep 2023 : A timely and trenchant commentary on the centrality of Nietzsche's thought for our time   While many posthumanists claim Nietzsche as one of their own, rarely do they engage his philosophy in any real depth. Nietzsche's Posthumanism addresses this need by exploring the continuities and disagreements between Nietzsche's philosophy and contemporary posthumanism. Focusing specifically on Nietzsche's reception of the life sciences of his day and his reflections on technology-research areas as central to Nietzsche's work as they are to posthumanism-Edgar Landgraf provides fresh readings of Nietzsche and a critique of post- and transhumanist philosophies.    Through Landgraf's inquiry, lesser-known aspects of Nietzsche's writings emerge, including the neurophysiological basis of his epistemology (which anticipates contemporary debates on embodiment), his concerns with insects and the e