The double other of the pandemic: racism and subjectivity
The coronavirus pandemic has unequally changed the lives of subjects. The constant presence of death points us to that random subject who is feared, but who is unknown. It is the Other that could put our lives at risk, but as we do not know him it is impossible to point out. It may be someone from o...
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I10-R333-article-290902020-12-06T22:44:02Z The double other of the pandemic: racism and subjectivity El otro doble de la pandemia: racismo y subjetividad Tijoux, María Emilia Otro pandemia racismo migrante subjetividad The coronavirus pandemic has unequally changed the lives of subjects. The constant presence of death points us to that random subject who is feared, but who is unknown. It is the Other that could put our lives at risk, but as we do not know him it is impossible to point out. It may be someone from our close environment, a family member, a friend, a neighbor, but not necessarily a stranger. Therefore, it is from here that it is easier to look for an already identified Other and blame it for spreading the pandemic. This is what happened in Chile with migrants, whose condition makes them the target where the government and part of society throw darts. This paper proposes a reflection, from racism and subjectivity, on those two Others: the one we don't know, but who forces us to build trenches to avoid it, and the second other who we have identified as an enemy, and as such, sick or not, emerges as guilty of our ills La pandemia del coronavirus ha modificado de manera desigual la vida de los sujetos. La presencia constante de la muerte nos señala a ese sujeto cualquiera a quien se teme, pero al(la) cual se desconoce. Es el Otro que podría poner en riesgo nuestra vida, pero al no conocerlo es imposible de señalar. Puede ser alguien de nuestro entorno cercano, un familiar, un amigo, un vecino, pero no necesariamente un extraño. Entonces, es desde aquí que es más fácil buscar un Otro ya identificado y culparlo de propagar la pandemia. Es lo que ha ocurrido en Chile con los migrantes, cuya condición los convierte en el objetivo donde el gobierno y parte de la sociedad lanza sus dardos. Este artículo se propone reflexionar, desde el racismo y la subjetividad, a esos dos Otros: al que desconocemos, pero que nos obliga a construir trincheras para evitarlo y al que conocemos como un enemigo y que, por tanto, enfermo o no, surge como culpable de nuestros males. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2020-06-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/29090 Heterotopías; Vol. 3 No. 5 (2020): "Affective Turn and Social Discourses: Criticisms, Representations and Policies" ; 1- 10 Heterotopías; Vol. 3 Núm. 5 (2020): “Giro afectivo y discursos sociales: críticas, representaciones y políticas” ; 1- 10 2618-2726 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/29090/29923 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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The coronavirus pandemic has unequally changed the lives of subjects. The constant presence of death points us to that random subject who is feared, but who is unknown. It is the Other that could put our lives at risk, but as we do not know him it is impossible to point out. It may be someone from our close environment, a family member, a friend, a neighbor, but not necessarily a stranger. Therefore, it is from here that it is easier to look for an already identified Other and blame it for spreading the pandemic. This is what happened in Chile with migrants, whose condition makes them the target where the government and part of society throw darts. This paper proposes a reflection, from racism and subjectivity, on those two Others: the one we don't know, but who forces us to build trenches to avoid it, and the second other who we have identified as an enemy, and as such, sick or not, emerges as guilty of our ills |
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