THE CONCEPT OF TERRITORY AND THE FETISHISM OF POWER

• Autor(a) principal: Maia, Lucas
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ateliê Geográfico
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/atelie/article/view/9914

This paper depicts the relationship between the concepts of territory and power. Initially we presented the authors who have devoted themselves to discussing the concept of territory, which seems to be an emanation of power. We understand such interpretation as fetishism of power. Fetishism can be defined as the loss by individuals of their control over the actions and the products of their creation. In fetishistic consciousness the products become the creators. To overcome the fetishism of power, we distinguish between authoritarian areas (mediated by power) and libertarian territories (mediated by collectivism, solidarity and equality). We found that the authoritarian territories are normally trivial in our society while libertarians only exist in times of challenge to the capitalist society. We also demonstrated that the relationship between power and territory can not be understood as unequivocal or necessary, but only as historical and transitory. In the same way it was produced historically, it can be overcome throughout the history.