La infelicidad y sus metáforas: Depresión y agencia en tiempos de precariedad neoliberal

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12/2021
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Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género
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El objetivo de este artículo es contribuir a los estudios críticos sobre la depresión desde una reflexión informada por una teoría feminista y queer de los afectos. La depresión, problema actual y urgente como pocos, pasa demasiadas veces como un desequilibrio neuroquímico o una disfunción individual. Aquí, a partir de las nociones de precariedad y autoprecarización, se busca contrarrestar esa comprensión reductiva y patologizante, para abordar en cambio la depresión desde una perspectiva crítica más amplia. Sin embargo, si la depresión es política, ¿la respuesta a ella también debe serlo? Para desplegar estas cuestiones, el presente trabajo se organiza en dos momentos: por un lado, explora la tensión entre los conceptos de patologización y victimización y la posibilidad de resistencia, buscando desarmar algunos binarismos poco útiles para pensar el problema de la agencia; por otro lado, se pregunta por el manifiesto como forma de intervención textual y acción política, y se analizan textos de Ann Cvetkovich y Sara Ahmed que podrían ser considerados, en cierto sentido, manifiestos feministas de o desde la depresión, por cuanto tematizan y problematizan, cada uno a su manera, las formas contemporáneas de la infelicidad, poniendo en primer plano su carácter político.
The aim of this paper is to contribute to critical discussions on depression from the perspective of feminist and queer affect theory. Depression is too often characterized as a neurochemical imbalance or a personal dysfunction, even though it is one of the most topical and pressing problems of today’s world. Drawing on the notions of precariousness and self-precariousness, I seek to counter the oppressive and pathologizing character of this common assumption, and to address the problem from a broader critical perspective. However, if depression is to be understood as a political problem, should it have a political response? In order to unfold these issues, the present work is structured in two stages. First, I explore the tension between the concepts of pathologization, victimization and the possibility of resistance, attempting to blur dichotomies that prove to be of little use to the issue of agency. Secondly, I delve into the manifesto as a means of textual intervention and political action. To that end, I analyze texts written by Ann Cvetkovich and Sara Ahmed, that could be regarded as feminist “depression manifestos”, for they both —each in their own way— tackle contemporary patterns of unhappiness and expose their political nature.
The aim of this paper is to contribute to critical discussions on depression from the perspective of feminist and queer affect theory. Depression is too often characterized as a neurochemical imbalance or a personal dysfunction, even though it is one of the most topical and pressing problems of today’s world. Drawing on the notions of precariousness and self-precariousness, I seek to counter the oppressive and pathologizing character of this common assumption, and to address the problem from a broader critical perspective. However, if depression is to be understood as a political problem, should it have a political response? In order to unfold these issues, the present work is structured in two stages. First, I explore the tension between the concepts of pathologization, victimization and the possibility of resistance, attempting to blur dichotomies that prove to be of little use to the issue of agency. Secondly, I delve into the manifesto as a means of textual intervention and political action. To that end, I analyze texts written by Ann Cvetkovich and Sara Ahmed, that could be regarded as feminist “depression manifestos”, for they both —each in their own way— tackle contemporary patterns of unhappiness and expose their political nature.
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