Between Speech and Act, there is much more than we could imagine

This study aims to analyze President Jair Bolsonaro ’ s inaugural address and the early days of his government, pointing to the relation between speech and concrete governance initiatives. Conceptual and methodological considerations are made to support the analysis, especially based on Foucault. The fundamental concept is that of speech as act. The specific work on the pronouncement marked the subject of the Bolsonarian discourse: the result of the miracle of God, who gave him back his life, and, anointed by the People who elected him, he identifies himself with his Homeland in his sovereign will. With discursive strategies characterized by ambiguity and its perverse effects, it dissociates between those who are against it and those in favor of it: good citizens versus others, left ideologies versus true thoughts. In all this, the source of the pontificated Truth is denied: the president himself. Such traits of the elected subject are confirmed by the initial actions of government.

Source: Psicologia USP - November 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research