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This article addresses Pierre Clastres’ analysis of what he called “societies against the State”. Its goal is to engage in a discussion of the way in which Western political theory considered the notion of difference. First, the article shows the way in which Clastres deals with the idea of lack amo...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2013
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| description | This article addresses Pierre Clastres’ analysis of what he called “societies against the State”. Its goal is to engage in a discussion of the way in which Western political theory considered the notion of difference. First, the article shows the way in which Clastres deals with the idea of lack among the peoples he studied. Instead of presenting them as societies lacking something (faith, king, law), he describes these peoples as societies against the State. Then, the article tackles Clastres’ idea of politics as the matrix for all differences. For him, politics operates on the limits of the demos, defining which differences will be legitimately articulated within the community. Finally –and briefly–, the article puts forward a way in which the analysis of contemporary political processes like Latin America populisms or the Indignants Movement in Europe could benefit from Clastres’ conception of politics and difference. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-8512024-04-23T17:39:46Z On difference. Lack and politics in Pierre Clastres Pensar la diferencia. Carencia y política en Pierre Clastres Barros, Sebastián Difference Politics Pierre Clastres Lack People. Pierre Clastres Lack Diferencia Política Carencia Pueblo This article addresses Pierre Clastres’ analysis of what he called “societies against the State”. Its goal is to engage in a discussion of the way in which Western political theory considered the notion of difference. First, the article shows the way in which Clastres deals with the idea of lack among the peoples he studied. Instead of presenting them as societies lacking something (faith, king, law), he describes these peoples as societies against the State. Then, the article tackles Clastres’ idea of politics as the matrix for all differences. For him, politics operates on the limits of the demos, defining which differences will be legitimately articulated within the community. Finally –and briefly–, the article puts forward a way in which the analysis of contemporary political processes like Latin America populisms or the Indignants Movement in Europe could benefit from Clastres’ conception of politics and difference. Este artículo repasa el análisis de Pierre Clastres sobre lo que él llamó “sociedades contra el Estado” y su objetivo es provocar una discusión sobre la manera en que la teoría política occidental pensó la noción de diferencia. En primer lugar, el artículo muestra la manera en que Clastres invirtió la idea de carencia en los pueblos que estudió y, en lugar de presentarlos como sociedades a las que le faltaba algo (fe, rey, ley), los presentó como sociedades contra el Estado. En segundo lugar, el argumento presentado discute la idea de Clastres de la política como matriz de toda diferencia. Para él, la política opera sobre los límites del demos, definiendo cuáles son las diferencias que pueden ser legítimamente articuladas dentro de la comunidad. Finalmente, el artículo propone brevemente una manera en la que el análisis de procesos políticos contemporáneos, como el populismo latinoamericano o los movimientos de indignados en Europa, podrían beneficiarse de la concepción que Clastres tenía de la política y la diferencia. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2013-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/851 10.17141/iconos.47.2013.851 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 47 (2013): Dossier: Vía crucis de la cooperación Internacional ¿crísis terminal o resurrección?; 121-133 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 47 (2013): Dossier: Vía crucis de la cooperación Internacional ¿crísis terminal o resurrección?; 121-133 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 47 (2013): Dossier: Via crucis of international cooperation: Terminal crisis or resurrection?; 121-133 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/851/818 Derechos de autor 2013 Sebastián Barros https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Barros, Sebastián On difference. Lack and politics in Pierre Clastres |
| title | On difference. Lack and politics in Pierre Clastres |
| title_full | On difference. Lack and politics in Pierre Clastres |
| title_fullStr | On difference. Lack and politics in Pierre Clastres |
| title_full_unstemmed | On difference. Lack and politics in Pierre Clastres |
| title_short | On difference. Lack and politics in Pierre Clastres |
| title_sort | on difference. lack and politics in pierre clastres |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/851 |