We have never been only human: Foucault and Latour on the question of the anthropos

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-152

  Pyyhtinen, Olli ^a   Tamminen, Sakari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

anthropos; Foucault; intentionality; Latour; non humans; posthumanism; relationism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960234290     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499611407398     Document Type: Article

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