Marcelino Viera

For the past decade, my research has aimed to deepen our understanding of the relationship between popular culture and politics in Latin America. This endeavor involves scrutinizing the origins of the national State in the Río de la Plata region, as well as the opposing forces it encountered. My research framework is grounded in cultural identity, drawing from regional history, political theory, continental philosophy, and psychoanalysis. In recent years, I have authored two monographs that delve into these complex dynamics within the realm of cultural identity (cinema, literature, theater, and political thought).

My last work, El retorno del individuo en el Río de la Plata: el discurso del Único, explores the diversity of cultures and identities at the intersection of individuality and its abstract representation in society. In doing so, my research contributes to elucidating the nature of social relationships prefigured in contemporary Latin American cultural production. Situated at the nexus of popular culture, regional history, political theory, continental philosophy, and psychoanalysis, I analyze the evolution of cinema, literature, and theater into crucial forms of political discourse regarding cultural identity.

 

Here are some of my works:

El retorno del individuo en el Río de la Plata: el discurso del Único

Modernidad Sublimada 

Authoritarianism, Cultural History, and Political Resistance in Latin America. Exposing Paraguay

Comprendre l’anarchisme