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Post-truth and social densification: the political game surrounding modern subjugation

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https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-202113107

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History, false and true, power, subjugation

Abstract

The following article considers a recurrent topic in contemporary political analysis: what is truth in times when reality is faked? The main theoretical basis of study is Foucault’s philosophy, particularly in light of his inquiry into the dynamics and functioning of power, along with his observation that power undergoes metamorphoses. In our present times, configured in terms of a historical condition in which truth has come to reflect individual interests and behavior has been monetized and disciplined by the appearance of the individual in social networks, the figure of the thinker is weakened to give way to the replicant. In such conditions (favoring the replicant), critical thinking is submerged and “thought” appears as an outdated gesture, falling increasingly into disuse. It is therefore the body of this individual – conceptualized here as the replicant – that represents one of the most significant marks of power in the post-truth era.

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Frederico Osanan Amorim Lima, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI

Professor Associado de História do Brasil República da Universidade Federal do Piauí. Doutor em História Social pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (2012). Mestre em História do Brasil pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (2007). Licenciatura Plena em História pela Universidade Estadual do Piauí (2003). É especialista em História do Brasil pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (2005). Atualmente é professor Associado I da Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Tem experiência na área de História, com ênfase em História do Brasil República, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: cultura, sensibilidade, subjetividade, comportamento juvenil, historiografia do cinema brasileiro, cinema brasileiro moderno, Glauber Rocha e cinema experimental.

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2021-01-31

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Lima, F. O. A. (2021). Post-truth and social densification: the political game surrounding modern subjugation. Passages: International Review of Political History and Legal Culture, 13(1), 148-167. https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-202113107

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Vol. 13 - Nº 1 - Janeiro a Abril (2021)

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