Life Beyond Species -- Rosi Braidotti
In her chapter entitled Life Beyond Species, Rosi Braidotti outlines her objective to depict the post-anthropocentric subject as detached from the globalized economy. She proposes vital materialism, a monistic theory, as a framework through which to move away from anthropocentric thought. She argues that the current advanced capitalist structures in place act to commodify all forms of life.Braidotti advocates for a zoe-centric perspective which paves the away for a post-anthropocentric worldview as it assigns value to all life.
In Her, the OS (Samantha) is purchased by the protagonist (Theodore) and therefore falls into the traditional anthropocentric commodification of machine life. In this way, Her fails to propose a post-anthropocentric understanding of machine subjectivity.
