| Journal: | Dados |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000465488 |
| ISSN: | 0011-5258 |
| Authors: | Andrade, Daniel Pereira1 |
| Institutions: | 1Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Season: | Ene-Mar |
| Volumen: | 59 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 233-269 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Histórico, analítico |
| Spanish abstract | Este artículo reconstruye una historia de la noción de sentimientos morales en la gubernamentabilidad británica del siglo XVIII y de su estrategia de poder “emocional”, la cual difiere de otras concepciones generales de la vida “emocional”, como la de pasiones del siglo XVII. A partir del construccionismo social de las emociones, se busca comprender cómo los discursos y las técnicas de poder forjan la manera de sentir. Con este fin, se explican sus fuentes causadoras (sentido moral, simpatía y sociedad), sus relaciones con las demás facultades de la mente (juicios morales, razón, imaginación y memoria), del cuerpo (sensación de dolor y de placer), bien como los determinantes de las conductas. Se argumenta que el discurso de los sentimientos morales constituyó un poder emocional caracterizado por determinados objetos (juicios morales), técnicas (simpatía, arte femenina de agradar y mitologización de la comunidad nacional), finalidades (desarrollo de la personalidad vinculada a la integración grupal) y reglas emocionales (prescripción del amor benevolente y moderación del amor de sí) y expresivas (manifestaciones de solidaridad) |
| English abstract | This article presents a history of the notion of moral sentiments in British governmentality in the eighteenth century and its strategy of “emotional” power, which is distinct from other general conceptions of “emotional” life, such as the life of passions current in the seventeenth century. Building upon the social constructionism of emotions, the article strives to understand how the discourses and technique of power shape feelings. With this in mind, their sources (moral sense, sympathy and society), how they relate to other faculties of the mind (moral judgment, reason, imagination and memory), with the body (sensory pain and pleasure) and how they determine conducts. After presenting these developments, the article argues that the discourse of moral sentiments constituted an emotional power defined by certain objects (moral judgment), techniques (sympathy, the feminine art of pleasing and the mythologization of national community), finalities (development of the personality linked to group integration) and emotional rules (the recommendation of benevolent love and the moderation of self-love) and of expressions (manifestations of solidarity) |
| Other abstract | This article presents a history of the notion of moral sentiments in British governmentality in the eighteenth century and its strategy of “emotional” power, which is distinct from other general conceptions of “emotional” life, such as the life of passions current in the seventeenth century. Building upon the social constructionism of emotions, the article strives to understand how the discourses and technique of power shape feelings. With this in mind, their sources (moral sense, sympathy and society), how they relate to other faculties of the mind (moral judgment, reason, imagination and memory), with the body (sensory pain and pleasure) and how they determine conducts. After presenting these developments, the article argues that the discourse of moral sentiments constituted an emotional power defined by certain objects (moral judgment), techniques (sympathy, the feminine art of pleasing and the mythologization of national community), finalities (development of the personality linked to group integration) and emotional rules (the recommendation of benevolent love and the moderation of self-love) and of expressions (manifestations of solidarity) |
| Portuguese abstract | O presente artigo realiza uma história da noção de sentimentos morais na governamentalidade britânica do século XVIII e de sua estratégia de poder “emocional”, a qual difere de outras concepções gerais de vida “emocional”, como a de paixões do século XVII. Partindo do construcionismo social das emoções, busca-se compreender como os discursos e as técnicas de poder moldam a maneira de sentir. Com este fim, são explicadas suas fontes causadoras (senso moral, simpatia e sociedade), como se relacionam com as demais faculdades da mente (julgamentos morais, razão, imaginação e memória), com o corpo (sensorial de dor e prazer) e como determinam as condutas. Após este percurso, argumenta-se que o discurso dos sentimentos morais constituiu um poder emocional caracterizado por determinados objetos (julgamentos morais), técnicas (simpatia, arte de agradar feminina e mitologização da comunidade nacional), finalidades (desenvolvimento da personalidade atrelado à integração grupal) e regras emocionais (prescrição do amor benevolente e moderação do amor de si) e expressivas (manifestações de solidariedade) |
| Disciplines: | Ciencia política |
| Keyword: | Doctrinas y corrientes políticas, Filosofía política, Gobierno, Sentimientos, Moral, Siglo XVIII, Pasiones, Gran Bretaña |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
