POLARIZAÇÃO SEVERA NO PÓS-JUNHO DE 2013: A EXPERIÊNCIA SOCIAL DOS MOVIMENTOS PASSE LIVRE E BRASIL LIVRE

Abstract

Severe polarization was one of the main features of the cycle of protests experienced by Brazil since June 2013. This article seeks to understand its roots based on in-depth interviews with members of the Passe Livre Movement, the trigger of the June 2013 demonstrations, and the Brasil Livre Movement, one of the protagonists of the demonstrations for the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff between 2015 and 2016. The analysis is carried out through the theoretical and methodological apparatus of the "sociology of experience", by François Dubet, in order to highlight the complexity generated by the different logics of action (integration, strategy and subjectivation) with which actors in supposedly antagonistic positions operate. The comparison of the interviews evidences that the actors, notwithstanding clear divergences, have in common a generalized dissatisfaction with the political establishment, but are ambiguous about the legitimacy of their opponents.