Circularity and Anthropophagic Consumption as a Metaphor: The Body as Currency?

Abstract

With an outset in two real cases of anthropophagy, one in the European continent (Germany) in 2001, and the other in South America (Brazil) in 2012, this article aims to to rethink forms of subjectivity versus circulation of information; technologies and the State’s machinery setup; and constitution of “nationalisms”. Rather than investigating them as acts of violence against individuals, I will use them as a social metaphor, with their economic implications. An alibi to elucidate cultural differences concerning the State’s incorporations into subjectivity, its technological and legal setup, and the body included in the circularity of capital as currency.