Collective subjectivities, the “democratic pact,” and the rise of the far right in the Argentine government

Abstract

Abstract This article analyzes the rise of the far right in Argentina, asking whether it signifies the end of the “Never Again democratic pact.” It argues that this phenomenon stems from the erosion of the collective democratic subjectivity that underpinned it, in light of the state’s inability to fulfill its dual promise-both political and social. Drawing on Marina Franco’s proposal regarding the founding pact and José Maurício Domingues’s category of collective subjectivities, this work traces a history of the last 40 years, describing the conflicts surrounding these consensuses. The central thesis is that the emergence of subjectivities that question egalitarian democracy does not imply-at least for now-a consolidation of the far right, but rather a response to the unfulfilled expectations of the post-dictatorial cycle.