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J Aging Stud2026;78101444.September 1, 2026Journal Article

Post-human ageing: A critical commentary.

Chris Gilleard1, Paul Higgs2
1Division of Psychiatry, UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences, 6(th) Floor Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, UK. Electronic address: c.gilleard@ucl.ac.uk.
2Division of Psychiatry, UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences, 6(th) Floor Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, UK.
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Abstract

This paper outlines a critique of the use of post-humanist epistemologies in the study of age and ageing which we argue makes age more a matter of human imagination than of human mattering. The 'decentring' of what is human that is associated with post-humanism creates a set of phenomena that we feel obfuscates rather than illuminates the place of age and ageing in human life, human relations and…

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