“Predação ontológica” e a conjuração de fixações liberais: ruminações sobre (inter)dependências e (des)possessões “selvagens”
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Teoria da dependência, Perspectivismo, FetichismoResumo
Este ensaio explora a (inter)dependência a partir dos conceitos de “significantes flutuantes” de Claude Lévi-Strauss e “predação ontológica” de Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, colocando-os em diálogo com outras teorias sociais, como a teoria da dependência de Fernando Henrique Cardoso e a noção de “Grande Fetiche” de Comte. O texto analisa como essas ideias ajudam a refletir sobre a mistificação do poder e a reprodução da desigualdade, além de questionar as implicações do progresso econômico, que molda as dependências globais e nacionais. O ensaio também desafia as noções liberais de liberdade e autodeterminação, propondo uma reavaliação da dependência e das crenças sobre autodeterminação.
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