Abstract

POCAHY, Fernando Altair  and  NARDI, Henrique Caetano. The Family Is Burning(?): Reason of State, Conservatism and (Acknowledgment of) Differences. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.1, pp.10-27.  Epub May 03, 2024. ISSN 1808-4281.  https://doi.org/10.12957/epp.2023.75296.

The rise of neo-liberal governments and ultra-conservative movements has been reinforcing cisheteronormativity and racism, thus generating inequalities and inflicting even more lethal risks and suffering upon minorities. Conjuring the imposition of austerity regimes, limitations on State action and the emptying of social property in favor of self-responsibility for managing one’s own life and health, the issue of differences started being forged as a point of instability and threat to such political and economic premises and purposes. One of the consequences is the widespread circulation of discourses filled with hate and contempt for diversity. This study aimed to understand how discourse intersections are established between markers of difference and the liberal rationale in terms of economy and the conservative rationale in terms of customs, focusing on the (dis)articulation surrounding the precariousness of diverse parenthood and conjugalities. The results of this study point out that the larger democratic density of a given society or sociocultural relationship, the greater the possibilities of positively affirming otherness and difference, which are important foundations for health care, and citizen (racial, sexual, gender and environmental) rights.

Keywords : conservatism; neo-liberalism; family; cisheteronormativity; racism..

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