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In a new book, philosopher and feminist Marcia Tiburi investigates national humiliation.
"Complexo de vira-lata" (The Inferiority Complex) is the latest book by Marcia Tiburi, a philosopher and feminist, author of the bestsellers "How to Talk to a Fascist" and "Feminism in Common ." Written in accessible language, it's a process of searching for truth in a time when a manifest hatred of truth is destroying the chances of building a human community.
Concise, it arises from the urgent need for an analysis of national humiliation, internalized by people and institutionalized socially and politically through colonization, which is not simply a thing of the past. The fundamental thesis of this work is that humiliation is a praxis, that is, an action that is simultaneously a mental, theoretical, and linguistic production, emotional and affective. It is this that sustains the class war of the rich against the poor and explains the submission and obedience of all in the face of injustice to this day.
"Mongrel Complex" seeks to expose the logic, morality, aesthetics, and politics of humiliation in the form of a constellation. It reveals both the method of philosophical analysis at play, its interdisciplinary foundations linked to psychoanalysis, history, literature, and other fields, and the contents and effects of this essential configuration of psychopower, to which enemies of democracy attempt to subject its defenders.
If every book is a conversation, this is a must-have work, essential for the library of anyone who wants to sharpen their critical thinking.
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