Dreaming the forced disappearance of people: The impossibility of presence and perennial of absence as effect of continuity of the civil-military dictatorship in Brazil's legacy

This article discusses some social, political, and psychological effects of enforced disappearance as an effect of the strategies used during the Brazilian military dictatorship. Such strategies are buttressed and anchored at the certainty of impunity and indifference to the victims and survivors. One of the main consequences of this indifference today is the aggravation of the suffering of the family members that are still alive, which is preserved by the lethargy of the Brazilian state after the end of the dictatorship period, before the obligations to comply with the main international human rights resolutions relating to the combat of the forced disappearance of people. We recognize in the dream-work traces tracks and footprints of experiences that still insist and seek their status of language and social recognition 50 years after the civil-military coup in Brazil.Resumè Cet article traite des effets sociaux, politiques et psychologiques de la disparition forcée en tant qu'effet des stratégies utilisées pendant la dictature militaire brésilienne. Ces stratégies, qui s'appuyaient et s'appuient à la certitude de l'impunité et de l'indifférence aux victimes et survivants se présentent aujourd'hui dans l'aggravation de la souffrance des membres de leur familles encore en vie, conservés par la léthargie de l'Etat brésilien après la fin de la période de la dictature face aux obligations des principales résolutions internationales des droits de l'homme relatives...

Source: Psicologia USP - April 26, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research