Processos de subjetivação e a experiência política de jovens no Brasil

Abstract

This work is structured structurally by articles, each of which corresponds to an axis for deepening the research. All articles are under the aegis of subjectivation processes connected to the political experiences of Brazilian youth. In addition, the articles are didactically separated, having their own premises and objectives, maintaining a certain independence, but without losing sight of the general objective as the guiding principle of the study. We start with the theoretical essay that aims to explain the notion of subjectivity and truth. Based on Michel Foucault's assumptions (1926-1984), we indicate the possibility for the subject to relate to the truth constructed in contemporary society. Because there is an obligation to adhere to certain truth speeches (Foucault, 2016). Finally, we discuss the feasibility of applying the concepts of subjectivity and truth to explain the political experience of young people today. Some theoretical and operational objections to these concepts are pointed out, based on the parameters established by Foucault in his analyzes for the understanding of the phenomenon we have investigated. In the subsequent article, we describe how the mass media presented the Brazilian political scenario, pointing out that since 2013, the country has shown itself to be a harsh environment, marked by antagonisms and radicalized discourses. Furthermore, it was found that the form of political bond established by people close to 30 years of age occurs through mass media and digital social media (Hur & Sabucedo, 2020). The latter being one of the tools used in the propagation of radicalized and extremist political discourses in contemporary times (Empoli, 2020). Finally, the third article of a theoretical-methodological nature, we seek to discuss some challenges and mistrust we face in research production. This is because, presumably, it was evidenced how some research themes, specifically in our case, politics, are sensitive to the social actors who came into contact with the work. Among the social actors, emerged, for example, the Research Ethics Committee, higher education professors, university course coordinators, some students and also peers who share common spaces with the person responsible for the research in question