Covid-19 pandemic: subjectivities and politics in Argentina
https://doi.org/10.46272/2409-3416-2022-10-2-60-75
Abstract
This article analyzes the extent to which the pandemic, the confinement situation, the evaluation of the policies and attitudes of the leaders affected the subjectivities of Argentine citizens. Special attention is paid to the influence of the strong political polarization that existed previously and, also, to the ways in which the pandemic itself could have influenced political subjectivities. In addition, we have studied the reflections that, in a pandemic context, the majority of the population made about the meaning of their lives, also relating them to their political orientations. To carry out these analyses, a series of surveys were carried out throughout the year 2021 and a sample of semi-structured interviews in the months of April and May of that same year.
About the Authors
J. I. SpólitaArgentina
Juan Ignacio Spólita, Graduate in Social Sciences, Member of the Program “Hegemony: theoretical issues, methodological strategies and empirical studies,” based at the Institute of Economy and Society in Contemporary Argentina; responsible for Planning and
Information (Region 4)
1876, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Roque Sáenz Peña St., 352, of. 81. Bernal
J. Balsa
Argentina
Javier Balsa, Master in Social Sciences and Doctor in History, Independent Researcher; Full Professor in the Sociology area of the National; Director
1876, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Roque Sáenz Peña St., 352, of. 81. Bernal
V. Brusco
Argentina
Valeria Brusco, Bachelor of International Relations, Adjunct professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences
3555, Argentina, Córdova, Valparaíso s/n Av., X5000 Córdoba and U. Católica de Córdoba Avenida Armada
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Review
For citations:
Spólita J., Balsa J., Brusco V. Covid-19 pandemic: subjectivities and politics in Argentina. Cuadernos Iberoamericanos. 2022;10(2):60-75. (In Esp.) https://doi.org/10.46272/2409-3416-2022-10-2-60-75