There is a growing body of literature on critical military education on the one hand, and posthuman politics and its extension to posthuman warfare on the other. This article aims to bridge these two areas of scholarship to explore possible connections between professional military education (PME) and posthumanism. Incorporating a posthuman framework into the management of organized violence through PME can help limit violence towards humans and nonhumans. We therefore focus on integrating posthuman ideals into military education. We believe that PME is one of the most effective and appropriate ways to transmit posthuman ideas to the next generation of soldiers. The article argues that this goal can be achieved by integrating posthumanism into the PME curriculum through military ethics courses and updating pedagogical methods, following an onto-epistemological and ethical turn in PME. By introducing a preliminary framework, we seek to contribute to a process that promotes the long-term survival of humans, as well as other biological and artificial life forms.

Dedeoğlu, Ç., & Ateş, B. (2025). Posthuman military education. Critical Military Studies, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/23337486.2025.2595379