The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'

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Autor(a) principal: Bernardino, Lígia
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Gragoatá
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33577
Resumo: Seeing was written by José Saramago in 2004, and starts from the assumption that the population can start a silent backlash by casting blank votes in local elections, thus disrupting the normality of the democratic system. Between culpability and action, free choice and the decline of human rights, this book questions the authenticity of democracy as it stands in the present Western societies. Confronted with the dangers of a biopolitical manipulation, casting blank votes hints the potency of a state of exception, in which the population can exercise power based on conscience. This essay looks into the confronting positions of the ruling power and of the population that is governed by that very power.---Original in English. ---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2018n45a1099.
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spelling The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'Lucidity. Saramago. Democracy. State of exception. Elections. Blank votes.Lucidez. Saramago. Democracia. Estado de exceção. Eleições. Voto em branco.Seeing was written by José Saramago in 2004, and starts from the assumption that the population can start a silent backlash by casting blank votes in local elections, thus disrupting the normality of the democratic system. Between culpability and action, free choice and the decline of human rights, this book questions the authenticity of democracy as it stands in the present Western societies. Confronted with the dangers of a biopolitical manipulation, casting blank votes hints the potency of a state of exception, in which the population can exercise power based on conscience. This essay looks into the confronting positions of the ruling power and of the population that is governed by that very power.---Original in English. ---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2018n45a1099.Seeing was written by José Saramago in 2004, and starts from the assumption that the population can start a silent backlash by casting blank votes in local elections, thus disrupting the normality of the democratic system. Between culpability and action, free choice and the decline of human rights, this book questions the authenticity of democracy as it stands in the present Western societies. Confronted with the dangers of a biopolitical manipulation, casting blank votes hints the potency of a state of exception, in which the population can exercise power based on conscience. This essay looks into the confronting positions of the ruling power and of the population that is governed by that very power.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------O LIMIAR DA DEMOCRACIA EM ENSAIO SOBRE A LUCIDEZ, DE JOSÉ SARAMAGOEnsaio sobre a Lucidez> é uma obra de José Saramago publicada em 2004 que aponta como hipótese uma revolta silenciosa por parte da população ao votar em branco nas eleições autárquicas e assim desestruturar a normalidade do sistema democrático. Entre a culpabilidade e a ação, entre a livre escolha e a sonegação dos direitos humanos, esta obra questiona a autenticidade da democracia tal como é exercida atualmente nas sociedades ocidentais. Face aos perigos de uma manipulação biopolítica, votar em branco indicia a potência de um estado de exceção, em que a população possa exercer um poder baseado na consciência. Este ensaio indaga os meandros do confronto de posições entre as forças do poder instituído e a população que é governada por essas forças.---Artigo em inglês. ---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2018n45a1099.Universidade Federal Fluminense2018-04-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/3357710.22409/gragoata.v23i45.33577Gragoatá; Vol. 23 No. 45 (2018): Literature and Democracy; 317-333Gragoatá; v. 23 n. 45 (2018): Literatura e Democracia; 317-3332358-41141413-907310.22409/gragoata.v23i45reponame:Gragoatáinstname:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)instacron:UFFenghttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33577/19564Copyright (c) 2018 Gragoatáinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBernardino, Lígia2019-08-23T11:12:46Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/33577Revistahttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoataPUBhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/oai||revistagragoata@gmail.com2358-41141413-9073opendoar:2019-08-23T11:12:46Gragoatá - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'
The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'
title The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'
spellingShingle The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'
Bernardino, Lígia
Lucidity. Saramago. Democracy. State of exception. Elections. Blank votes.
Lucidez. Saramago. Democracia. Estado de exceção. Eleições. Voto em branco.
title_short The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'
title_full The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'
title_fullStr The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'
title_full_unstemmed The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'
title_sort The threshold of democracy in José Saramago’s 'Seeing'
author Bernardino, Lígia
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bernardino, Lígia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Lucidity. Saramago. Democracy. State of exception. Elections. Blank votes.
Lucidez. Saramago. Democracia. Estado de exceção. Eleições. Voto em branco.
topic Lucidity. Saramago. Democracy. State of exception. Elections. Blank votes.
Lucidez. Saramago. Democracia. Estado de exceção. Eleições. Voto em branco.
description Seeing was written by José Saramago in 2004, and starts from the assumption that the population can start a silent backlash by casting blank votes in local elections, thus disrupting the normality of the democratic system. Between culpability and action, free choice and the decline of human rights, this book questions the authenticity of democracy as it stands in the present Western societies. Confronted with the dangers of a biopolitical manipulation, casting blank votes hints the potency of a state of exception, in which the population can exercise power based on conscience. This essay looks into the confronting positions of the ruling power and of the population that is governed by that very power.---Original in English. ---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2018n45a1099.
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