SALVADOR DA PÁTRIA

sentidos subjetivos da liderança de um líder do Movimento Brasil Livre

Abstract

In the Movimento Brasil Livre – MBL – how are the subjective senses of a black, gay subject of peripheral origin who assumes the role of leader configured? The objective of this article is to discuss the subjective senses of leadership of a black, gay and peripheral origin subject who assumes the role of leader in the MBL. The Theory of Subjectivity and the Epistemology and Qualitative Methodology of Fernando González-Rey are adopted. This is a case study, whose data were produced through group conversations. The results reveal subjective senses that are configured under the tensions between political positioning and social expectations adjacent to the subject's socioeconomic condition, between the feeling of disappointment with traditional politicians and the fantasies of savior of the country and effective leader. It is concluded that the leader's action is an expression of his subjective senses of leadership, that there is always space to organize new groups by demarcating differences between “us” and “them”, and that the fantasy of the savior of the country seems to express the I desire a leader who offers simple solutions, like blaming someone, to solve increasingly complex problems.