Neonarcissism in the society of control: resistance and production of subjectivity

• Grant number: 12/11827-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: May 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Maria Luisa Sandoval Schmidt
• Grantee: Douglas Rossi Ramos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Psicologia (IP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/15578-3 - Virtual ethnography, mobile technologies and processes of subjectivity in the visual culture, BE.EP.DR 14/14161-9 - The written narrative and control in the production of subjectivities process, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

In contemporary society, not only the knowledge, the body and the institutions would be objects of power, but also the processes of production of subjectivities would be important focus of articulation and action of control mechanisms. In this context, the neonarcissism consists as a relational dynamic in which, through mechanisms of administration and control of the differ, the subjects would be encouraged to organize themselves from a control-stimulation. This present research project aims to study about the production of subjectivities in the contemporary from neonarcissism, considering in particular of the issue of resistance / escape of the subject against this relational dynamic. In this proposal, we will focus on the study of relational dynamics concerning virtual spaces online, searching, in particular, as objects of study, communities of questions and answers on the Internet. As conceptual tools of analysis will adopted in particular the notions of 'Device' and 'techniques of the self', in view of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, and also the 'virtual ethnography' as a complementary technique of investigation of that object of study. The analyze the movements of rupture and ownership of these spaces shown to be relevant for the understanding of issues relating to this relational dynamic, allowing the presentation and elucidation of new parameters and elements that will serve as basis for testing other forms of reflection, intervention and action in educational spaces.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

RAMOS, Douglas Rossi. The neo-narcissism in the society of control: resistances and production of subjectivity. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Psicologia (IP/SBD) São Paulo.