Mourning: ethical practice and conceptual tool for social and political relations
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2016-12
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SeiDeSoC, Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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This article draws upon discourse
theoretical and psychoanalytical
approaches to provide an overview
on the potentiality of mourning as
both a practice and a conceptual
tool for the critical analysis of
social and political phenomena.
Within poststructuralist discourse
theory, mourning has recently been
considered a practice with the
potential to engage in ‘ideological
critique’. In contrast, stunted
mourning and melancholia have
been associated with being under
the ‘grip of ideology’, affected by
hegemonic discursive narratives
and practices. By providing
examples ranging from national
identity to unemployment and class
resubjectivation, the argument is
made that mourning is a useful
practice and analytical tool for
examining phenomena that result
from the experience of dislocation,
even when it is not death related.
Palabras clave
Mourning, Melancholia, Ethical Practice, Ideology, Dislocation