Abstract
This paper attempts a presentation of what I claim is the religious structure of chavismo, the ideology based on the government style of the deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. To be more precise, it intends to describe what I understand to be the core structure of the dynamics of chavismo both in religious and in what Freud called “pre-religious” terms; that is, I present its “unwritten code of law”, to use Wundt’s own definition of taboo. To do so, I focus on what chavismo considers sacred and “unclean” objects in general, may them be ideological, material, or historical - that is, events considered as foundational and, hence, either revered or abhorred, or both.
Presenters
Daniel EsparzaAssociate Professor, Observatori Blanquerna, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2023 Special Focus—Religion in the Public Sphere: From the Ancient Years to the Post-Modern Era
KEYWORDS
Totem, Taboo, Politics, Religion, Identity
