{"id":11255,"date":"2025-12-09T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2026-04-05T00:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:48:22","slug":"decentering-the-human-posthumanism-and-moral-responsibility-in-margaret-atwoods-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume3-issue11\/decentering-the-human-posthumanism-and-moral-responsibility-in-margaret-atwoods-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Decentering the Human: Posthumanism and Moral Responsibility in Margaret Atwood\u2019s Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>Author: Abdul Wadud<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DOI Link:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/03090015\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/03110027\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/03110027<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong>The emergence of posthumanist thought has fundamentally reshaped the ways in which scholars conceptualize identity, agency, and ethical responsibility in an era increasingly defined by technological advancement and ecological crisis. The fiction of Margaret Atwood, particularly works such as Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam, provides a compelling literary space for examining the philosophical and ethical implications of posthumanism. This article explores how Atwood\u2019s narratives decenter the human subject, challenging anthropocentric assumptions and interrogating the moral responsibilities that arise in a world shared with non-human entities, hybrid species, and artificial life forms. Through a critical engagement with posthumanist theory, the study argues that Atwood\u2019s fiction calls for an expanded ethical framework grounded in interdependence, ecological awareness, and humility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Posthumanism, Anthropocentrism, Ethics, Moral Responsibility, Margaret Atwood, Non-human Agency, Ecocriticism, Dystopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\"><strong>Page No: 232-236<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/232-236.pdf\">download journal<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Abdul Wadud DOI Link: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/03110027 Abstract:The emergence of posthumanist thought has fundamentally reshaped the ways in which scholars conceptualize identity, agency, and ethical responsibility in an era increasingly defined by technological advancement and ecological crisis. The fiction of Margaret Atwood, particularly works such as Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume3-issue11\/decentering-the-human-posthumanism-and-moral-responsibility-in-margaret-atwoods-fiction\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Decentering the Human: Posthumanism and Moral Responsibility in Margaret Atwood\u2019s Fiction<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":false,"author_link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/author\/asraful-alibiswas\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/category\/volume3-issue11\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Volume3 Issue11<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Author: Abdul Wadud DOI Link: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/03110027 Abstract:The emergence of posthumanist thought has fundamentally reshaped the ways in which scholars conceptualize identity, agency, and ethical responsibility in an era increasingly defined by technological advancement and ecological crisis. 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