%0 Journal Article %A Cimatti, Felice %T "Frankenstein" on language and becoming (post)human %D 2016 %@ 2171-9594 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/25197 %X The “monster” in Shelley’s Frankenstein is a body forced to become human by itself, without any help from other human beings. This process necessarily fails, because there is no humanity without sociality. The case of the “monster” is confronted with two similar cases: Condillac’s statue in Traité des sensations and Wittgenstein’s “private language” in Philosophical Investigations. What the “monster” lacks is an external social and linguistic mirror where it could recognize itself as a human being. But the “creature” is still too human to endure its new posthuman condition. The main theoretical consequences of such a hybrid state are analyzed here. In particular, the paper ends with the proposal of a tentative concept of “post human community.” %K Shelley’s “monster” %K Condillac’s statue %K Wittgenstein “private language” %K Lacanian “mirror stage” %K Post human community %K "Monstruo" de Shelley” %K Estatua de Condillac %K “Lenguaje privado” en Wittgenstein %K “Estadio del espejo” de Lacan %K “Comunidad posthumana” %K Literatura %K Literature %K Medio ambiente %K Environmental science %~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala