Rhetorics of cruelty. Myths of and reasons for social inequality

How do subjects act in the presence of discourses that interpret the structure and causes of the crisis that the pandemic exposes? In this paper we are devoted to the analysis of some oral narratives extracted from a qualitative study of argentinean society in which subjects thread hypotheses of int...

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Autores principales: Cuesta, Micaela, Prestifilippo, Agustín Lucas
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro Universitario Regional Zona Atlántica - Universidad Nacional del Comahue - Argentin 2021
Materias:
Social Myths
Inequalities
Cruelty
Anti-democratic Ideologies
Crisis.
Mitos Sociales
Desigualdades
Crueldad
Ideologías Anti-democráticas
Acceso en línea:https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/Sociales/article/view/3449
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Repositorio de Revistas Electrónicas REVELE (UNComahue) de Universidad Nacional del Comahue
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spelling I22-R128-article-34492024-04-09T11:57:26Z Rhetorics of cruelty. Myths of and reasons for social inequality Retóricas de la crueldad. Mitos y razones de la desigualdad social Cuesta, Micaela Prestifilippo, Agustín Lucas Social Myths Inequalities Cruelty Anti-democratic Ideologies Crisis. Mitos Sociales Desigualdades Crueldad Ideologías Anti-democráticas Crisis. How do subjects act in the presence of discourses that interpret the structure and causes of the crisis that the pandemic exposes? In this paper we are devoted to the analysis of some oral narratives extracted from a qualitative study of argentinean society in which subjects thread hypotheses of interpretation about issues of not only public significance but also related to intimacy, thus expressing an affectively overdetermined verbality, in which emotions and sensitivities act as vehicles of positions contrary to the principles of freedom and equality for all. The hypothesis we develop here argues that, in the face of the global crisis of capitalism, unleashed first by the financial collapse of 2008 and then exacerbated by the Covid-19 catastrophe, individuals do not cease in their quest to construct a sense of the facts as they occur. And for this purpose they use different rhetorical strategies that denote forms of attachment; which, many times, obstruct the critical view and the possibility of transforming the conditions that produce their suffering. In these operations of the use of words, ways of justifying privileges, exclusions and social oppressions are expressed, and in doing so they jeopardize the fundamental conditions of democratic life. ¿Cómo actúan los sujetos ante los discursos que interpretan la estructura y las causas de la crisis que la pandemia expone? En este escrito nos dedicamos al análisis de algunas narraciones orales extraídas de un estudio cualitativo de la sociedad argentina en las que los sujetos enhebran hipótesis de interpretación acerca de temas de significación no sólo pública sino también relativos a la intimidad, expresando así una verbalidad sobredeterminada afectivamente, en la que las emociones y las sensibilidades actúan como vehículos de posiciones contrarias a los principios de la libertad y la igualdad de todos. La hipótesis que desarrollamos aquí sostiene que, ante la crisis mundial del capitalismo, desatada primero por el colapso financiero de 2008 y agudizada luego por la catástrofe del Covid-19, los individuos no desisten en la búsqueda de edificar un sentido de los hechos mientras estos ocurren. Y para ello esgrimen distintas estrategias retóricas que denotan formas de apego; las cuales, muchas veces, obturan la mirada crítica y la posibilidad de transformación de las condiciones que producen su padecimiento. En esas operaciones del uso de la palabra se expresan maneras de justificar privilegios, exclusiones y opresiones sociales que ponen en riesgo las condiciones fundamentales de la vida democrática. Centro Universitario Regional Zona Atlántica - Universidad Nacional del Comahue - Argentin 2021-12-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/Sociales/article/view/3449 Revista Pilquen. Sección Ciencias Sociales; Vol. 24 Núm. 4 (2021): Revista Pilquen. Sección Ciencias Sociales; 47-60 1851-3123 1666-0579 spa https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/Sociales/article/view/3449/60407 Derechos de autor 2021 Revista Pilquen. Sección Ciencias Sociales
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topic Social Myths
Inequalities
Cruelty
Anti-democratic Ideologies
Crisis.
Mitos Sociales
Desigualdades
Crueldad
Ideologías Anti-democráticas
Crisis.
spellingShingle Social Myths
Inequalities
Cruelty
Anti-democratic Ideologies
Crisis.
Mitos Sociales
Desigualdades
Crueldad
Ideologías Anti-democráticas
Crisis.
Cuesta, Micaela
Prestifilippo, Agustín Lucas
Rhetorics of cruelty. Myths of and reasons for social inequality
topic_facet Social Myths
Inequalities
Cruelty
Anti-democratic Ideologies
Crisis.
Mitos Sociales
Desigualdades
Crueldad
Ideologías Anti-democráticas
Crisis.
author Cuesta, Micaela
Prestifilippo, Agustín Lucas
author_facet Cuesta, Micaela
Prestifilippo, Agustín Lucas
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title Rhetorics of cruelty. Myths of and reasons for social inequality
title_short Rhetorics of cruelty. Myths of and reasons for social inequality
title_full Rhetorics of cruelty. Myths of and reasons for social inequality
title_fullStr Rhetorics of cruelty. Myths of and reasons for social inequality
title_full_unstemmed Rhetorics of cruelty. Myths of and reasons for social inequality
title_sort rhetorics of cruelty. myths of and reasons for social inequality
description How do subjects act in the presence of discourses that interpret the structure and causes of the crisis that the pandemic exposes? In this paper we are devoted to the analysis of some oral narratives extracted from a qualitative study of argentinean society in which subjects thread hypotheses of interpretation about issues of not only public significance but also related to intimacy, thus expressing an affectively overdetermined verbality, in which emotions and sensitivities act as vehicles of positions contrary to the principles of freedom and equality for all. The hypothesis we develop here argues that, in the face of the global crisis of capitalism, unleashed first by the financial collapse of 2008 and then exacerbated by the Covid-19 catastrophe, individuals do not cease in their quest to construct a sense of the facts as they occur. And for this purpose they use different rhetorical strategies that denote forms of attachment; which, many times, obstruct the critical view and the possibility of transforming the conditions that produce their suffering. In these operations of the use of words, ways of justifying privileges, exclusions and social oppressions are expressed, and in doing so they jeopardize the fundamental conditions of democratic life.
publisher Centro Universitario Regional Zona Atlántica - Universidad Nacional del Comahue - Argentin
publishDate 2021
url https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/Sociales/article/view/3449
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