The State as a Social Relation

  • Lynteris C
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Abstract

Based on the theoretical legacy of Gustav Landauer, this polemic proposes an anthropological critique of the state, which approaches the latter not as Leviathan composed of the bodies of its subjects, nor as mere fiction, but as a social relation and at the same time as a mystification of this relation, which allows it to endure as a pervading apparatus of capture of social relatedness.En s’inspirant de l’héritage théorique de Gustav Landauer, cet article polémique propose une critique de l’État, du point de vue d’une anthropologie matérialiste. Il s’agit de considérer celui-ci, non pas comme un Léviathan constitué par les corps de ses sujets ou comme une simple fiction, mais comme une relation sociale et la mystification simultanée de celle-ci, qui permettent à l’État de s’imposer durablement, en tant qu’instrument de capture des liaisons sociales.Basado en el legado teórico de Gustav Landauer, esta polémica propone una crítica materialista antropológica del Estado, tematizándolo no como el Leviatán compuesto por los cuerpos de sus sujetos, ni como mera ficción, sino como una relación social, a la vez que mistificación de esta relación, que le permite perdurar como un extenso aparato de captura de tramas sociales.

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Lynteris, C. (2013). The State as a Social Relation. Anthropology & Materialism, (1). https://doi.org/10.4000/am.291

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