Political Memes and Desubjectivation: the decline of phoné in Brazilian contemporary politics
By analysing the memetical communication from the points of view of Saussurre’s semiology and biopolitical apparatus as it was thought by Foucault and Agamben, we establish connections between these theories and the use of this kind of communication in Brazilian contemporary politics. Through this a...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repository: | Veritas (Porto Alegre. Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/34035 |
| Online Access: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/veritas/article/view/34035 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Memes. Semiology. Apparatus. Desubjectivation. Memes. Semiología. Dispositivo. Dessubjetivação. Memes. Semiologia. Dispositivo. Dessubjetivação. Memes políticos e dessubjetivação |
| Summary: | By analysing the memetical communication from the points of view of Saussurre’s semiology and biopolitical apparatus as it was thought by Foucault and Agamben, we establish connections between these theories and the use of this kind of communication in Brazilian contemporary politics. Through this analysis it was possible to perceive that the memes, particularly the political ones, operate by desubjectivation rather than in the mode of subjectivivation’s apparatus. |
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