Systems of veridiction and the predictability of political developments in times of crisis: readings from a scene in tristes tropiques

Abstract

In this paper we try to work on a political-veridictional issue in Lévi-Strauss’s Tristes Tropiques book. The idea here is to think about how a scene contained in this book allows us to reflect on the political among the Nambiquara – an Amerindian nation – and how this reflection can be stimulant to think about the political in other societies, such as the Brazilian one, as a whole, especially about issues that concern veridiction. The development here will be based on reflections of the political anthropology of Pierre Clastres, besides being built considering the proposals of structuralist semiotics, especially as formulated by Algirdas Julien Greimas and Claude Zilberberg. Thus, it is expected to make an attempt to contribute to the understanding of political-veridictory systems through an approximation of Semiotics as a way to conceive the objects analysable by the human sciences.how this reflection can be stimulant to think about the political in other societies, such as theBrazilian one, as a whole, especially about issues that concern veridiction. The developmenthere will be based on reflections of the political anthropology of Pierre Clastres, besides beingbuilt considering the proposals of structuralist semiotics, especially as formulated by AlgirdasJulien Greimas and Claude Zilberberg. Thus, it is expected to make an attempt to contributeto the understanding of political-veridictory systems through an approximation of Semioticsas a way to conceive the objects analysable by the human sciences.