O espelho do invisível: a constituição do sujeito revolucionário em tempos de ação performática

Abstract

The thesis proposes to advance the conceptualization of a phenomenon observed by us in politics and which manifests itself in a type of collective action characterized by ephemerality, the simulation of radicality and the extraordinary use of space. Its ephemerality would be associated with the fact that this type of action, which we call “performatic action”, is concentrated in the present time, without major consequences. Its simulated character involves the attempt, on the part of its actors, to give the action the appearance of a spontaneous act. The extraordinary use of space would correspond to a tendency of performatic action to produce an effect of “nirvanic evasion”, in which those involved seem to escape the reality they are fighting, by “staging” ruptures with everyday life. Based on the theory of action, the thesis contrasts the concept of “dramaturgical action” with the notion of “performatic action”. With this, it seeks to offer a tool for analysing the action of sectors of the revolutionary left, in current times, in order to assist in the effort to overcome certain symptoms that would be associated with the difficulty of overcoming the phantom of Stalinism. Such symptoms would point to “malaise” of left-wing parties, which would involve a crisis in its own form, which would lead to a process of bureaucratization that would be caused by its own search to escape bureaucratization.