Abstract |
In this article, my goal is to contribute to the debate about the relation
between sociality and individualization. It is under this perspective
that I discuss the subject of conflict as social relationing. Concretely,
I explore how everyday experiences of conflict between ‘individuals’
in an Angolan rural village can neutralize contemporary threats of
asocialization between those same individuals and, in turn, promote
commonality. I refer to this affective agency in present-day rural
Angola as the ethopolitics of conflict. Although I approach the two
subjects, this article is not specifically about individualization or
conflict. Rather, it is about the social terrain where the two intersect. |
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