Abstract
After having harshly defended the idea of the multiplicity of civilizations in Race and History, Lévi-Strauss once again tackles the theme at the heart of a reflection on the future of art. To describe our civilization's mode of action, he uses an unusual and topical metaphor: viral colonization, which imposes its formula on hosts, forcing them to become like it. In this colloquium, I intend to explore the metaphor of viral colonization under different keys to thinking about historical colonization in opposition to the modes of social reproduction of the indigenous civilizations of the Brazilian Amazon.
