A posthuman dialogue between Michel Foucault and Bruno Latour

Abstract

Considering the transformations caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the way the risk of Covid-19 showed the non-human agency about human life, the theme “We have never been so digital”, which is the basis for this issue of the V!RUS journal, provides us with a space to present this article. The text proposes an approximation between concepts by Michel Foucault and Bruno Latour, as a means of forming a theoretical contribution capable of addressing post-human subjectivities, namely the cyborg. Mechanisms for understanding the post-human are crucial to reflect on the relationship between humans and non-humans amid the pandemic. In addition to briefly discussing the mutually complementary concepts of both authors, exploratory analysis is presented to exemplify the richness of the dialogue between the two philosophers, aiming to address the role of non-humans in the constitution of a post-human subject.