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On the basis of an analysis of Brazil's political history from 2013 to the present, this essay advances the idea that the current rise of the far right – in that country and possibly elsewhere – can be understood as one among various political expressions of a 'post-depressive constellation.' Such a diagnosis takes its cue from analyses which, in the 1990s and 2000s, recognised in the rapid increase in the depression rates an index of major social transformations occurring in the last decades of the 20th century. The foregrounding of depression in clinical diagnoses was considered, then, the sign of a new social order: one in which individuals were faced with ever stronger requirements of self-responsibility and authentic self-realization (i.e., the demand of 'being oneself') in a context of declining social support and escalating inequality, competition and precariousness. Today, however, we seem to have reached a point at which the tensions of this order – which can be designated, metonymically, as the 'depressive society' – intensified to such an extent that its persistence appears to be seriously compromised. It is in this sense that we may speak of a post-depressive constellation: a situation in which the social psychological tensions of the depressive order have reached a peak, leading to a variety of reactions and struggles but not yet to the establishment of a new consensus and a stable institutional framework. While suggesting that such a diagnosis might be significant for understanding contemporary political processes in many parts of the world, this essay will focus on how these dynamics have unravelled in Brazil's recent political life – from the mass demonstrations of June 2013 to the rise of new right-wing movements that culminated in the election of Jair Bolsonaro. The Brazilian case seems, indeed, particularly well-suited to examine the contours and outcomes of this possibly broader process. It allows, in particular, for the distinction of two political forms that have taken centre stage in the past years and can be understood as reactions to core tensions of the depressive order: 'post-depressive effervescence' (as it emerged in key moments of the June 2013 protests and their continuation in the following months) and 'post-depressive authoritarianism' (as it has progressively built up from the 2013 demonstrations to the election of Bolsonaro).

Mediante ocho tesis, este artículo plantea la idea de que muchos de los procesos políticos recientes pueden ser considerados como la expresión de una crisis no sólo del orden social institucionalizado en las últimas décadas, sino también de su correspondiente forma de subjetividad: la de un "empresario del yo" neoliberal cuyas experiencias de malestar psicológico llegaron a concebirse predominantemente en términos de depresión. A este respecto, sugiero que hablemos de una "constelación post-depresiva", es decir, una situación en la que las tensiones psicológicas sociales del orden depresivo han alcanzado su punto máximo, lo que ha dado lugar a una variedad de reacciones y luchas, pero que todavía no ha dado lugar al establecimiento de un nuevo consenso y un marco institucional estable. Dos tipos de proceso político, en particular, pueden entenderse como momentos de tal constelación: la efervescencia colectiva y una forma novedosa de autoritarismo de derecha.

This paper discusses the relationship between Axel Honneth's intersubjective theory of recognition and his political theory of democratic ethical life by addressing the potentials and difficulties attached to the notion of social pathology. Taking into account the diverse uses of this concept throughout Honneth's oeuvre, it focuses initially on two of its formulations: first, the more recent discussions presented in "The Diseases of Society", some of which can be read in continuity with arguments presented in Freedom's Right ; second, an implicit conception of social pathology that can be found in Struggle for Recognition. These formulations involve contrastingly different premises with regard to phenomenological, methodological, social-ontological and etiological matters. I argue that such differences can be better grasped if one bears in mind two distinctive ways of understanding the fundamental intuition at the basis of the notion of social pathology: either as an analogy or as a homology. By disclosing the actual or potential discrepancies between both conceptions, the aim is to outline the grounds on which they could be brought together within the framework of a comprehensive concept. With this purpose, I then critically examine a third conception of social pathology which was first presented in Suffering from Indeterminacy and later developed, with some restrictions, in Freedom's Right. Finally, a definition of social pathology is suggested which can bring together the different contributions of each conception while avoiding their pitfalls. ; U ovom radu se razmatra odnos između intersubjektivne teorije priznanja Aksela Honeta i njegove političke teorije demokratskog etičkog života, pre svega tako što se analiziraju potencijali i teškoće vezane za koncepciju socijalne patologije. Uzimajući u obzir različita značenja koncepcije u Honetovom delu, rad se na početku fokusira na dve formulacije: prvo, na skorašnju raspravu u "Bolestima dru­ štva", koja se delimično može tumačiti i kao nastavak argumentacije iz Prava slobode; i drugo, na implicitnu koncepciju socijalne patologije koja se može pronaći u Borbi za priznanje. Ove dve formulacije se u potpunosti razlikuju u pogledu svojih fenomenoloških, metodoloških, socijalno-ontoloških I etioloških premisa. Smatram da te razlike mogu bolje da se razumeju ako imamo u vidu dva različita shvatanja fundamentalne intuicije koja leži u osnovi pojma socijalne patologije: razumevanje u formi analogije odnosno homologije. Kroz eksplikaciju nekih od realnih ili potencijalnih diskrepancija između ove dve koncepcije, cilj rada je da se ponudi jedna preliminarna osnova za povezivanje ove dve varijante u okviru jedne sveobuhvatne koncepcije pojma socijalne patologije. U svetlu svega navedenog, rad na kraju kritički razmatra treću koncepciju koja je predstavljena u Patnji neodređenosti i kasnije razvijena, uz određena ograničenja, u Pravu slobode. Konačno, predložena je jedna definicija socijalne patologije koja može da spoji različite doprinose svake koncepcije, ujedno izbegavajući njihove zamke.

This paper discusses the elationship between Axel Honneth's intersubjective theory of recognition and his political theory of democratic ethical life by addressing the potentials and difficulties attached to the notion of social pathology. Taking into account the diverse uses of this concept throughout Honneth's oeuvre, it focuses initially on two of its formulations: first, the more recent discussions presented in "The Diseases of Society", some of which can be read in continuity with arguments presented in Freedom's Right; second, an implicit conception of social pathology that can be found in Struggle for Recognition. These formulations involve contrastingly different premises with regard to phenomenological, methodological, social-ontological and etiological matters. I argue that such differences can be better grasped if one bears in mind two distinctive ways of understanding the fundamental intuition at the basis of the notion of social pathology: either as an analogy or as a homology. By disclosing the actual or potential discrepancies between both conceptions, the aim is to outline the grounds on which they could be brought together within the framework of a comprehensive concept. With this purpose, I then critically examine a third conception of social pathology which was first presented in Suffering from Indeterminacy and later developed, with some restrictions, in Freedom's Right. Finally, a definition of social pathology is suggested which can bring together the different contributions of each conception while avoiding their pitfalls. ; U ovom radu se razmatra odnos između intersubjektivne teorije priznanja Aksela Honeta i njegove političke teorije demokratskog etičkog života, pre svega tako što se analiziraju potencijali i teškoće vezane za koncepciju socijalne patologije. Uzimajući u obzir različita značenja koncepcije u Honetovom delu, rad se na po - četku fokusira na dve formulacije: prvo, na skorašnju raspravu u "Bolestima dru­ štva", koja se delimično može tumačiti i kao nastavak argumentacije iz Prava slo - bode ; i drugo, na implicitnu koncepciju socijalne patologije koja se može pronaći u Borbi za priznanje . Ove dve formulacije se u potpunosti razlikuju u pogledu svojih fenomenoloških, metodoloških, socijalno-ontoloških I etioloških premisa. Smatram da te razlike mogu bolje da se razumeju ako imamo u vidu dva različita shvatanja fundamentalne intuicije koja leži u osnovi pojma socijalne patologije: razumevanje u formi analogije odnosno homologije. Kroz eksplikaciju nekih od realnih ili potencijalnih diskrepancija između ove dve koncepcije, cilj rada je da se ponudi jedna preliminarna osnova za povezivanje ove dve varijante u okviru jedne sveobuhvatne koncepcije pojma socijalne patologije. U svetlu svega na - vedenog, rad na kraju kritički razmatra treću koncepciju koja je predstavljena u Patnji neodređenosti i kasnije razvijena, uz određena ograničenja, u Pravu slobode . Konačno, predložena je jedna definicija socijalne patologije koja može da spoji različite doprinose svake koncepcije, ujedno izbegavajući njihove zamke

This paper discusses the relationship between Axel Honneth?s intersubjective
theory of recognition and his political theory of democratic ethical life by
addressing the potentials and difficulties attached to the notion of social
pathology. Taking into account the diverse uses of this concept throughout
Honneth?s oeuvre, it focuses initially on two of its formulations: first, the
more recent discussions presented in ?The Diseases of Society?, some of which
can be read in continuity with arguments presented in Freedom?s Right;
second, an implicit conception of social pathology that can be found in
Struggle for Recognition. These formulations involve contrastingly different
premises with regard to phenomenological, methodological, social-ontological
and etiological matters. I argue that such differences can be better grasped
if one bears in mind two distinctive ways of understanding the fundamental
intuition at the basis of the notion of social pathology: either as an
analogy or as a homology. By disclosing the actual or potential discrepancies
between both conceptions, the aim is to outline the grounds on which they
could be brought together within the framework of a comprehensive concept.
With this purpose, I then critically examine a third conception of social
pathology which was first presented in Suffering from Indeterminacy and later
developed, with some restrictions, in Freedom?s Right. Finally, a definition
of social pathology is suggested which can bring together the different
contributions of each conception while avoiding their pitfalls.

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É notável, nos últimos anos, o crescimento da produção acadêmica arespeito da obra do filósofo e sociólogo alemão Georg Simmel (1858-1918)

Esta sección abre un espacio para la reflexión en torno a diversos puntos de las crisis globales y locales que nos afectan en el contexto de esta pandemia. A continuación, presentamos un grupo de textos breves abordando diferentes escenarios sociales durante y después del impacto global del Covid-19.