Full record for posthumanism n.

Definition the condition or nature of posthumans
OED requirements antedating 1985
Earliest cite B. Sterling 'Schismatrix'
Comment Douglas Winston submitted a 1985 cite from Bruce Sterling's "Schismatrix". Jeff Prucher submitted a 2003 cite from a review by Russell Letson.

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Citations for posthumanism n.

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1985 B. Sterling Schismatrix 229 Really? Posthumanism! Prigoginic levels of complexity! Fractal scales, bedrock of space-time, precontinuum ur-space! Have I got it right?
2005 C. Stross Accelerando iii. 108 This is the elitist side of the posthumanism shtick, potentially as threatening to her post-enlightenment ideas as the divine right of kings.