Social rebellion in the city Notes on political significations of Chilean October

This essay proposes some notes on the political significations of the social rebellion which occurredin several Chilean cities on October 18th, 2019. It is argued that the current scenario of mobilizationsrepresents a reaction to the historical process of neoliberalization of Chilean society. Among...

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Autores principales: Rodríguez-Mancilla, Marcelo, Vargas-Muñoz, Roberto, Contreras-Osses, Paulo, Quiroz-Rojas, Rodolfo
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Publicado: Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador) 2020
Acceso en línea:https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/33.2020.10
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author Rodríguez-Mancilla, Marcelo
Vargas-Muñoz, Roberto
Contreras-Osses, Paulo
Quiroz-Rojas, Rodolfo
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Vargas-Muñoz, Roberto
Contreras-Osses, Paulo
Quiroz-Rojas, Rodolfo
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description This essay proposes some notes on the political significations of the social rebellion which occurredin several Chilean cities on October 18th, 2019. It is argued that the current scenario of mobilizationsrepresents a reaction to the historical process of neoliberalization of Chilean society. Among the mostimportant characteristics of this rebellion is the diversification of the political uses of urban space andthe subaltern reappropriation of the social articulation of the city. This process intensifies and extendsthe social conflict resulting from the deepening of the contradictions of capital accumulation’s patternimposed by the civic-military Dictatorship, and shows the exhaustion of the subsidiary State and semisovereign democracy. Based on an analysis of the political climate, complemented by the descriptionof the main cycles of social mobilizations in urban space since the second half of the 20th century, it isargued that the current social rebellion partially evidences the breakdown of the neoliberal consensus,the politicization of the social and the strengthening local power in the cities. It is concluded that thenovelty of social rebellion relies on the intensity, breadth and diversification of forms and contents of thepolitical exercise of diverse social and territorial sectors.
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spelling oai:revistas.ups.edu.ec:article-39472021-02-19T13:51:16Z Social rebellion in the city Notes on political significations of Chilean October Rebelión social en la ciudad Notas sobre significaciones políticas del octubre chileno Rodríguez-Mancilla, Marcelo Vargas-Muñoz, Roberto Contreras-Osses, Paulo Quiroz-Rojas, Rodolfo Rebelión social neoliberalización ciudadanía politización poder local Chile Social rebellion neoliberalization citizenship politization local power Chile This essay proposes some notes on the political significations of the social rebellion which occurredin several Chilean cities on October 18th, 2019. It is argued that the current scenario of mobilizationsrepresents a reaction to the historical process of neoliberalization of Chilean society. Among the mostimportant characteristics of this rebellion is the diversification of the political uses of urban space andthe subaltern reappropriation of the social articulation of the city. This process intensifies and extendsthe social conflict resulting from the deepening of the contradictions of capital accumulation’s patternimposed by the civic-military Dictatorship, and shows the exhaustion of the subsidiary State and semisovereign democracy. Based on an analysis of the political climate, complemented by the descriptionof the main cycles of social mobilizations in urban space since the second half of the 20th century, it isargued that the current social rebellion partially evidences the breakdown of the neoliberal consensus,the politicization of the social and the strengthening local power in the cities. It is concluded that thenovelty of social rebellion relies on the intensity, breadth and diversification of forms and contents of thepolitical exercise of diverse social and territorial sectors. En este ensayo se proponen algunas notas sobre las significaciones políticas de la rebelión social, ocurridaa partir del 18 de octubre del año 2019 en diversas ciudades de Chile. Se argumenta que el actual escenariode movilizaciones es una respuesta al proceso histórico de neoliberalización de la sociedad chilena.Entre las características más importantes de esta rebelión, se encuentra la diversificación de los usos políticos del espacio urbano y la reapropiación subalterna de la articulación social en la ciudad. Este procesointensifica y extiende la conflictividad social producto de la profundización de las contradicciones delpatrón de acumulación de capital impuesto en la dictadura cívico-militar, y muestra el agotamiento delEstado subsidiario y de la democracia semi-soberana. A partir de un análisis de coyuntura, complementadacon la descripción de los principales ciclos de movilizaciones sociales en el espacio urbano desde lasegunda mitad del siglo XX, se sostiene que la actual rebelión social evidencia, parcialmente, la rupturadel consenso neoliberal, la politización de lo social y el fortalecimiento del poder local en las ciudades.Se concluye que lo novedoso de la rebelión social es la intensidad, amplitud y diversificación de formasy contenidos del ejercicio político de diversos sectores sociales y territoriales. Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador) 2020-08-29 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/zip application/pdf https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/33.2020.10 10.17163/uni.n33.2020.10 Universitas; No. 33 (2020): (September 2020- February 2021): Governance of the territory and its heritage; 201-224 Universitas; Núm. 33 (2020): (septiembre 2020- febrero 2021): Gobernanza del territorio y sus patrimonios; 201-224 1390-8634 1390-3837 10.17163/uni.n33 spa eng https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/33.2020.10/4092 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/33.2020.10/4131 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/33.2020.10/4132 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/33.2020.10/4142 Derechos de autor 2020 Universidad Politénica Salesiana
spellingShingle Rodríguez-Mancilla, Marcelo
Vargas-Muñoz, Roberto
Contreras-Osses, Paulo
Quiroz-Rojas, Rodolfo
Social rebellion in the city Notes on political significations of Chilean October
title Social rebellion in the city Notes on political significations of Chilean October
title_full Social rebellion in the city Notes on political significations of Chilean October
title_fullStr Social rebellion in the city Notes on political significations of Chilean October
title_full_unstemmed Social rebellion in the city Notes on political significations of Chilean October
title_short Social rebellion in the city Notes on political significations of Chilean October
title_sort social rebellion in the city notes on political significations of chilean october
url https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/33.2020.10