Posthumanismo, materialismo y subjetividad

Abstract

In this paper we consider posthumanism as a conceptual horizon to describe the world of relations where the human being lies once its characteristic of «measure of everything» is questionned; but also as a characteristic of contemporary capitalism, understood, not only as a way of organising the ways of economical production but also as a way of producing subjectivity and a sort of social bond. The object is to present a proposal in which ontology and politics interweave. This proposal is not a contents program, it is simply a reflection on some of the conditions to think about the political and politics today. Posthuman horizon is the actual frame of what is thinkable but restore the subject ideal of humanism does not appear possible, or even desirable. So, with posthumanism, and simultaneously against it, we suggest emphasising its materialistic dimension to recover a notion of fractured subjectivity, definitely far from any humanist point of view. This notion of subjectivity is a condition for any project of producing other possible ones different to those that are today hegemonized under contemporary capitalism. But, certainly it is not a guarantee, it is also a limit.

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