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South America's Ongoing Interrogation of the Political
in Contributions to the History of Concepts
Author:
Martín Plot
Martín Plot
Research Professor, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina mplot@unsam.edu.ar
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Abstract
The notions of “concepts of the political” and that of “political concepts” refer to different but intertwined phenomena. As I will argue in this article, the concepts of the political refer to the self-institution of societies, while political concepts are those that emerge in the realm of politics, a field some societies institute as precisely the site in which the reversibility of the political takes place. This article will argue that the concepts of the political and the political concepts coming out of South America in its contemporary history spring from the main events and processes—the political and social history—that dominated the period. The events and concepts first discussed will be those related to the conquest and its legacy, only to later move fully to the past fifty years of dictatorships, transitions to democracy, and the emergence of the neopopulist political form.
Contributor Notes
Martín Plot is research professor of political theory at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET, Argentina) and the Interdisciplinary School of Advanced Social Studies (EIDAES/UNSAM, Argentina). E-mail: mplot@unsam.edu.ar