O detido­‑desaparecido: catástrofe civilizacional, desmoronamento da identidade e linguagem

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais

关键词: Argentina;    catastrophe;    civilization;    the ‘disappeared’;    identity;    representation;   

DOI  :  10.4000/rccs.77

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article proposes the concept of catastrophe as a starting point for the construction of appropriate representation strategies for phenomena of extreme social violence, exploring the case of the forced disappearance of individuals in Argentina and Uruguay. The analysis begins with a paradox: this process represents the culmination of policies for the construction and management of the post-colonial population in America, and is simultaneously applicable to the most completely formed products of this policy, namely individuals-citizens. Due to this paradox, the forced disappearance of individuals implies unsolvable problems in terms of interpreting the characteristic identity and language of the “civilising process”, the individual-citizen and direct representation. Thus, disappearance situates identity and language within the terrain of catastrophe, demanding that our representation strategies should be reconsidered.

【 授权许可】

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