Posthumanism in amnesty by Octavia butler: A feminist theological analysis

This article explores the tension between the humanistic,eugenic concept of identity and that of posthumanism in octavia butler's amnesty (2005). using daphne hampson's feminist post-biblical perspective,the article argues that the story exposes a posthumanist perspective where the existence and subjectivity of human kind is defined based on a mutual,non-hierarchical relation between the human and nonhuman worlds. this article suggests that amnesty, reflecting an unothered perspective of life through an unorthodox theological perspective,illustrates the potential for a more humanitarian life on earth. © universiti putra malaysia press.