“Ontological predation” and the conjuring of liberal fixations: ruminations on (inter)dependencies and “savage” (dis)possessions

ABSTRACT This essay explores (inter) dependency through the concepts of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s “floating signifiers” and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s “ontological predation”, placing them in dialogue with other social theories, such as Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s dependency theory and Comte’s notion...

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Main Author: Gustavo S. Azenha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros 2025-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0020-38742025000100700&lng=en&tlng=en
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