Where there Is No Politics: Struggle, Prayers and Treason in Chiapas

In contemporary anthropological literature, the use of the term “politics” is widespread, although reflections on its meaning are less common. This is particularly true concerning the everyday use of the term. In this article, in contrast, we focus on the use of the term “politics” among members of...

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Autores: Larsson, Martin, Cameras Myers , Mariel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Sociológicos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiossociologicos.colmex.mx:article/2371
Acceso en línea:https://estudiossociologicos.colmex.mx/index.php/es/article/view/2371
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:movimientos sociales
poder
economía moral
pueblo
lucha de clases
power
social movements
moral economy
the people
class struggle
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Sumario:In contemporary anthropological literature, the use of the term “politics” is widespread, although reflections on its meaning are less common. This is particularly true concerning the everyday use of the term. In this article, in contrast, we focus on the use of the term “politics” among members of various organizations in Chiapas, Mexico. We argue that their ways to use the term reflect a discursive opposition between politics on the one hand, and the people, faith and morals on the other, which shows conceptualizations of politics that are not present in the anthropological literature on the topic.