The Dividual
Digital Practices and Biotechnologies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2353103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fernanda Glória Bruno (0000-0002-5950-7602, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author), Pablo Manolo Rodríguez (0000-0003-3902-6673, CONICET University of Buenos Aires) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 27-50 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02632764211029356 |
| OpenAlex | W3203280204 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article revisits the concept of the dividual, taking as a starting point Deleuze's diagnosis about the relevance that dividual practices have gained with the advent of biotechnology and digital culture. Although we agree with this diagnosis, we highlight the intersections between the dividual and the individual both in Modernity and in the present time. The contemporary dividual is in tension with the modern individual, but not as a substitution, division or duplication of the individual. Rather, we state a complex dividual-individual composition, focusing on biotechnologies, digital culture and financial capitalism. Following a Foucauldian approach, we understand this composition as a result of technologies of power and the result of certain modes of subjectivation. In dialogue with Simondon's theory of individuation, we suggest that the dividual takes part in a new mode of subjectivation which can be named a 'dividuation' in the context of technologically mediated experiences
Capitalism · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Modernity · Political science · Power (physics · Relevance (law · Sociology · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Digital Media and Philosophy · History · Law · Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |