Social outbreak, politics and democracy
Cristóbal Friz
ABSTRACT
The conjuncture in which we are from October to date has been predominantly interpreted as a social crisis; this is accounted for "social outbreak" expression. It is worth asking, on the one hand, the understanding of the crisis that is supposed in this social elaboration. On the other hand, it is worth asking about the possibilities of overcoming the crisis that such an emphasis on the social implies. Trying to answer these questions, we will ask, first of all, about limits that separate and unite the social and politics. In a second moment, we will propose that the current crisis has been interpreted as a social phenomenon, since the generalized understanding in Chile negatively perceives politics as excess, as a terrain of conflict that leads to violent and abrupt breakdowns. Finally, we will propose that the current crisis should be assumed as a political and democratic phenomenon. This depends, in our interpretation, on a reconceptualization of politics and democracy, which takes account the positive potentials of conflicts exposed during the last months.
KEYWORDS: Chilean social outbreak; politics; democracy; excess; conflict
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1Antecedentes del presente ejercicio de reflexión política son: “Dimensiones de la democracia” (Friz 2019) y, de un modo puntual, “De lo social a la política” (Friz 2020), escrito, al igual que el presente texto, a propósito de la coyuntura en la que nos hallamos de octubre a la fecha.
Received: April 15, 2020; Revised: May 01, 2020; Accepted: September 22, 2020
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