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Feminist Posthumanism in Contemporary Science Fiction Film and Media strategically places itself within a consolidated and distinctly recognizable field by prioritizing science fiction as "the ideal venue for the exploration of [a] constellation of crucial themes" (1). These themes notably include HuManism and Anthropocentrism, along with their implications for the erasure or marginalization of 'Woman'. Simultaneously, the book goes beyond mere placement within this established field, actively taking steps to advance and enrich the interconnections between feminist theory, posthumanist perspectives, and the expansive realm of science fiction. In doing so, it does not only acknowledge the centrality of science fiction in unraveling key societal themes, but it also contributes to the ongoing debate that seeks to bridge these critical frameworks for a more nuanced understanding of contemporary cultural narratives.

The basic tenet through which Sonia Baelo-Allué and Mónica Calvo-Pascual frame their edited collection is the conviction that the world emerged from four consecutive and relatively quick industrial revolutions have been profoundly shaped by the technological development, and exponential growth determined by that processes. And the way that shaping has acted on culture, society, and people can be – and has been – understood both "as marks of progress or as processes of dehumanization" depending on how we conceive "progress and being human" (p. 1). The perspective we adopt to read the world and its processes determines the valuation of those processes. As basic and obvious as this consideration may seem, it actually has a lot of value when touching the subjects this edited collection aims at analyzing through contemporary fiction.

The paper will propose some reflections on the representations of the post-Katrina in When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, a documentary directed by Spike Lee in 2006, and the TV series Treme, written and produced by David Simon and Eric Overmyer (2010-2013); both texts were aired by HBO. The peculiar aspects of the complex and layered trauma experienced by those affected by Katrina emerge in the specificities of the narrativization of the relationship between trauma, the city, and the residents and of the spatialization of trauma that the two texts elaborate. As a collective traumatic experience, Katrina brought together not only psychological and cultural aspects of trauma, but also political, urban, and environmental ones. Both When the Levees Broke and Treme acted not only as mediators of the event and its meanings, but also as political actors in the rebuilding processes. The two texts pointed out how it's possible to read in the landscape and texture of the urban space and intimate places causes and effects of Katrina trauma and from there beginning a journey of healing and shared memories. ; Il contributo intende proporre alcune riflessioni sulla rappresentazione degli effetti dell'uragano Katrina sulla città di New Orleans e sui suoi abitanti nel documentario When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts diretto da Spike Lee e trasmesso da HBO (2006) e nella serie Treme creata da David Simon con Eric Overmyer e trasmessa dalla medesima emittente (2010-2013). In particolare ci si soffermerà sulle rappresentazioni del rapporto tra evento traumatico-città-abitanti e sulle modalità di spazializzazione del trauma e formalizzazione dello spazio urbano e dei luoghi. In essi infatti emerge tutta la specificità dell'evento Katrina e della complessa stratificazione del trauma che implica. Un trauma collettivo che tiene insieme dimensioni culturali ma anche pienamente psicologiche individuali, che è insieme trauma politico, ambientale e urbano. Entrambi i testi si collocano come attori dei processi, anche politici, di significazione e risignificazione dell'evento traumatico, rappresentando il passaggio dal trauma al patrimonio traumatico e instaurando un legame con la città che va oltre gli aspetti scenografici agendo attivamente sui processi di ricostruzione. I testi evidenziano come sia nel tessuto cittadino di New Orleans, nella trama urbana e nella specificità della sua storia, che si possono leggere effetti e cause insieme del trauma e contemporaneamente da li ripartire per una rielaborazione e costruzione di nuove memorie condivise.

The aim of this essay is to examine the connection between contemporary debates on political secularism and institutional arrangements between State and religions on one hand, and, on the other, on secularization theory and its latest 'rebirth': postsecularism. Analysing the link between the theories and concept of postsecular society and the debate on political secularism and its institutional forms and practices allows to understand the multidimensionality of the latter in its very latest theorisations and realizations.

Abstract
The link between the global condition and planetary thinking is a crucial one when thinking about the future. Positing itself in the context of future-oriented history and posthumanist and planetary thinking, the essay reflects on a central concept of global thought such as cosmopolitanism, theorizing the possibility of a posthuman cosmopolitanism. Built on concepts such as multiple modernities and secularities, philosophical posthumanism, and non-anthropocentric history, posthuman cosmopolitanism is primarily future-focused, globally rooted, and planetary oriented. Specifically, by proposing as a case study of a sort a posthumanist approach to a rethinking of cosmopolitanism, the essay emphasizes how thinking planetary and in a posthumanist and post-anthropocentric way does not entail, as it may be assumed, a relativization and loss of relevance of "the human" per se, but a more complex web of intra-active relations. By building on the work of authors such as Braidotti, Domanska, Chakrabarty, Simon, and Latour, the essay proposes an original reflection, engaging with a crucial issue such as how to think about a global future that focuses on globality as the product of interconnected, multiple processes and constantly shifting interrelations between human and non-human forces.