Abstract

DIAZ PARRA, Ibán  and  ROMANO, Silvina María. Politics and anti-politics: from the progressive governments to the conservative turn in Latin America. E&c [online]. 2018, vol.1, n.6, pp.159-180. ISSN 2477-9245.  https://doi.org/10.37228/estado_comunes.v1.n6.2018.74.

The conservative turn in some countries that previously had progressive governments, is characterized by discourses and practices oriented to empty the political conflict contents of institutions and public opinion. The following article exposes the existence of a neoliberal trend that suppresses the political contents through repression or by means of a growing technical and managerial approach about state. This is what we call hard and soft anti-political strategies. The text recognizes as a positive aspect the politicization effect that characterized progressive governments, which is presented through some geopolitical sequences. We conclude that even though the current anti-political character of conservative governments demonstrates the politicization capacity of progressive governments, this anti-political content is also present at the latest. Even more, in a context of lapse of the left along the region, there is the possibility for those anti-political aspects to gain a leading role.

Keywords : anti-politics; ideology; political philosophy; neoliberalism; progressive governments.

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