Ana İçerik

This edited volume explores the concept of the “human” through interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives in the fields of literature, culture, language, and translation studies. Bringing together studies written in Turkish, English, and French, the book examines how human identity, existence, ethics, and social relations are represented and transformed in literary, cultural, and linguistic contexts. The collection particularly focuses on the ways contemporary debates on posthumanism, transhumanism, ecology, migration, gender, identity, and technology reshape understandings of humanity in the twenty-first century.

The volume adopts an interdisciplinary methodology that combines literary criticism, cultural studies, ecocriticism, postcolonial theory, translation studies, and philosophy. Through analyses of novels, poetry, dystopian fiction, legal texts, and cultural narratives, the contributors investigate themes such as violence, displacement, cosmopolitanism, intersectionality, environmental crisis, human–machine relations, and the construction of identity. The studies demonstrate how literature and culture provide important spaces for questioning the limits of the human and imagining alternative futures.

Several chapters focus on posthuman and transhuman discourses, emphasizing the impact of technological development, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and digital culture on human consciousness and social structures. Others address issues of migration, colonialism, race, gender, and ecological crisis through contemporary literary texts, highlighting the interconnectedness of cultural and political realities. The collection further argues that translation and intercultural communication play a crucial role in shaping human perception and cross-cultural understanding.

Ultimately, the book presents the “human” not as a fixed and universal category, but as a dynamic and continuously evolving phenomenon shaped by historical, technological, cultural, and ecological transformations. By bringing together diverse disciplinary approaches, the volume offers a comprehensive contribution to current discussions on humanity, culture, and the future of human existence.

Keywords: Human Studies; Posthumanism; Interdisciplinary Literary Studies; Cultural Identity, Translation and Culture