Rumo a uma Teoria Social Alternativa (T.S.A): as implicações do vitalismo nas ciências humanas e sociais

Social Theory, as a constant flow of words and practices, has always undergone transformations, gaining new contours over time, just as a river adjusts its course depending on the geography of space. Its contemporary face is more radical, intense, often even acid, going far beyond what Jeffrey Alexander called a new theoretical movement, going beyond the simple commitment to the synthesis of categories. The transformations, at least recently, follow a decentered and rhizomatic pattern, without the rigidity and centrality that used to guide the sociological path. The purpose of this thesis, all stitched together in the format of an essay, is to understand a little this instant lived by Contemporary Social Theory, this kind of theoretical resumption, by perceiving its limits and its implications, resorting, at the same time, to the main works of the French sociologist Bruno Latour, such as "Irreductions", having as background the writings of Graham Harman and many other representatives of OOO (Object-Oriented Ontology). "Irreductions" is actually an appendix to the book "Pasteurization of France", published in 1984. With its 86 pages, accompanied by an aphorismatic tone, very close to Nietzsche’s, Latour makes apparent his link with Alternative Social Theory (A.S.T), taking up figures such as Spinoza, Deleuze, Whitehead, Gabriel Tarde and many others. As a consequence of this epistemological opening, of the overcoming of what Latour called transcendental sciences, a plurality of instances of meaning begins to claim ground in the sociological field, no longer suffocated by a single chain of signification. Social Theory, now, is no longer only the study of human interactions, opening space for other potentialities (or would it be virtualities?), including even inanimate beings, such as tables, laptops, cars, etc.

Grantor

Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Pinho, Thiago de Araujo

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Mocellim, Alan Delazeri

• Teoria Social
• Sociologia
• Bruno Latour
• Graham Harman
• Ontologia
• Filosofia

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• Acesso Aberto

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pt_BR

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tese

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oai:repositorio.ufba.br:ri/33405