Abstract
The aim of this article is to reflect about how the truth assumed by the military and their followers becomes an ideological fantasy in which they justify their actions and beliefs. They intend to turn the truth of the violence and horror of torture into something mild and negligible. For this purpose, we use psychoanalytical theory, which helps us to understand the system of oppression introduced during the military dictatorship in Brazil, as well as the contemporary discursive construction that presents that regime as a “ditabranda” (a Portuguese play on words that roughly means “a soft dictatorship”). This theory also enables us to think about how the subjects who participated in this ideological fantasy must be held accountable for their violent acts, even if they insist on not wanting to know about them.
Highlights
Esse artigo irá compor um dossiê a respeito da memória e verdade em tempos de ditadura militar no Brasil
The aim of this article is to reflect about how the truth assumed by the military
They intend to turn the truth of the violence and horror of torture
Summary
Para que essa propositiva não entrasse em falência, a justificativa da morte e da tortura está escrita nas doutrinas (lá onde o Outro fardado fala), entendidas como uma regulamentadora da fé, crença na fantasia que se torna a própria realidade: a ditadura militar. Quando o sujeito investe nos elementos distorcidos e corrompidos como verdade para constituir sua própria realidade, ele opta por não saber sobre essa construção, a qual investe sua libido para que possa gozar da sensação alienada de estar em uma realidade totalizante.
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