Would There Be an Art of the Societies Against the State?

Authors

  • Els Lagrou Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2011.39645

Keywords:

KEY-WORDS, Clastres, Lévi-Strauss, Deleuze, art, artifacts, objects, graphism, political philosophy, Amerindians, Kaxinawa.

Abstract

This article proposes an exploration of the legacy of Clastres and Lévi-Strauss in ethnological theory in general and in the recent paradigm shift that underlies the renewed interest in artifacts and graphism among Amerindian peoples in particular. With the Kaxinawa case as a starting point, the article examines a possible affinity between the Amerindian political philosophy and their regimes of figuration or the avoidance of figuration. The hypothesis of an art of societies against the State and its possible relation with a non-representational tendency is explored. The clastrean and lévi-straussian legacy is also put into dialogue with the more recent discussion round Amerindian ontologies as being perspectivist or animist.

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Published

2012-08-24

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Dossiê

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How to Cite

Lagrou, E. (2012). Would There Be an Art of the Societies Against the State?. Revista De Antropologia, 54(2). https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2011.39645