Oneiropolitics as Politics of Psychoanalysis

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the existence of politics of psychoanalysis. To do this, we take some results of the research carried out in Brazil, "Confined dreams: what Brazilians dream in times of pandemic (2020/2021)", to propose oneiropolitics. Combining psychoanalysis with the thought of the German philosopher Walter Benjamin, oneiropolitics refers to politics of desire. Due to the urgency of our temporality and historical context, it is necessary to dream of a future and nurture a political imaginary capable of sustaining insistent thought and practice in the sense of criticism, democracy, and the possibility of another future.

Keywords

• oni-politics
• psychoanalysis
• dreams
• politics of desire
• politics of psychoanalysis
• Walter Benjamin