Abstract
In this essay I propose a radical demystification of the perceived image of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte’s Chilean dictatorship as a period of uniform terror that suffocated all popular contestation. Based on the differentiation of repressive styles and the popular responses to them, I propose that this perceived image has been artificially constructed in order to hide the historical continuity between Pinochet’s dictatorship and the current democratic regime. I relate this historic reconstruction to a more general thesis: I argue that there is an essential continuity between both political periods ruled by the deep dictatorial character of so-called current democratic regimes. To conclude I highlight the dictatorial mechanisms of current democracies as well as the political tasks that would allow for a progressive opposition to these same mechanisms.
Highlights
En este ensayo expongo una radical desmitificación de la imagen que se tiene de la dictadura chilena de Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, que es vista habitualmente como un período de terror uniforme y aplastante, que habría asfixiado todo protagonismo popular
Based on the differentiation of repressive styles and the popular responses to them, I propose that this perceived image has been artificially constructed in order to hide the historical continuity between Pinochet’s dictatorship and the current democratic regime
I relate this historic reconstruction to a more general thesis: I argue that there is an essential continuity between both political periods ruled by the deep dictatorial character of so-called current democratic regimes
Summary
En este ensayo expongo una radical desmitificación de la imagen que se tiene de la dictadura chilena de Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, que es vista habitualmente como un período de terror uniforme y aplastante, que habría asfixiado todo protagonismo popular. A partir de la distinción de fases en los estilos represivos y en la respuesta popular, propongo que esta imagen ha sido construida artificialmente para encubrir la continuidad histórica entre la dictadura de Pinochet y el actual régimen democrático. Esta reconstrucción histórica la pongo luego en conexión con una tesis, más general: la continuidad esencial entre ambos períodos políticos obedece al carácter dictatorial profundo de los regímenes que actualmente se llaman democráticos. Expongo los mecanismos dictatoriales característicos de las democracias actuales, y planteo tareas políticas que permitirían a una oposición progresista oponerse a ellos
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