BOOK REVIEW:  Reworlding the Human: A Review of Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art

Authors

  • ASUNCIÓN LÓPEZ-VARELA AZCÁRATE Complutense University Madrid Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70922/9gb6tq25

Keywords:

Reworlding, Symbiotic

Abstract

In recent decades, the interdisciplinary encounter between posthumanism and the environmental humanities has engendered rich intellectual terrain for rethinking the status of the human, the function of narrative, and the ethical imperatives of multispecies coexistence. The edited volume Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art: Towards Theory and Practice (Peter Lang, 2023), curated by Peggy Karpouzou and Nikoleta Zampaki, contributes significantly to this dialogue. Organized in three thematic sections— “Framing the Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies,” “Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Literature and Art” and “Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Continental Philosophy”—the book weaves a cohesive tapestry that connects speculative fiction, ecological aesthetics, and continental thought in an effort to imagine symbiosis not only as a metaphor but as a practical and ethical mode of being in the Anthropocene and beyond.

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Author Biography

  • ASUNCIÓN LÓPEZ-VARELA AZCÁRATE, Complutense University Madrid

    Asunción López-Varela Azcárate is Assoc. Prof. in the Department of English Studies at Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain. In 2007 she created the research program Studies on Intermediality and Intercultural Mediation SIIM which she still coordinates. The program has received funding from national and international sources. López-Varela has been awarded various grants, including a Fulbright Visiting Scholarship at Harvard University and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship. A proactive member of the profession, López-Varela has been Vice-Chair at Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Postdoctoral Fellowships, Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) and is a member of Marie Curie Alumni Association MCAA. She was also President of the European Society of Comparative Literature and is Research Chair of the New Directions in the Humanities Network since its creation. She has been founding editor of the journals of the network and continues to be chief editor of The International Journal of Literary Humanities (H-Index: 3- SCImago Journal Rank Q2; SJR 0.11) as well as its Spanish counterpart Revista Internacional de Humanidades. López-Varela coordinates the annual Seminar Series on Cross-cultural dialogue and Sustainability of the Eurasia Foundation. She has supervised 9 PhD dissertations. Her activities as editor and member of scientific committees in various academic journals are extensive and can be seen in her personal webpage at SIIM

    Research lines: Critical Theory and Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Cognitive and Intermedial Semiotics, Mythcriticism, Green Humanities 

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Published

2025-09-30

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025): Mabini Review Journal

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How to Cite

AZCÁRATE, A. L.-V. . (2025). BOOK REVIEW:  Reworlding the Human: A Review of Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art. Mabini Review, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.70922/9gb6tq25