Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 61 n. 2 Rio de Janeiro abr./jun. 2018
Abstract
ABSTRACT The goal of this article is to discuss the work that individuals develop to sustain themselves in social life, focusing on the question of “socio-existential anchors”, and in particular on one type of these: the expectations of the future. After a review of the theoretical debate and based on the results of a qualitative empirical research for the case of Chile, the text analyzes the way in which the figure of the going to the South-Field is constituted as the foundation of these expectations of the future and acts as an anchor for social existences. This analysis will allow to argue that the “socio-existential anchors” are active in specific individuals but are socially shared and can be understood as a response, with nuances according to social group, at once singular and general, to the structural requirements to which it is exposed at a certain historical moment.
Keywords: individual, socio-existential anchors, future expectations, Chile
The Socio-existential Anchors: The Case of the Future Expectations
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