Abstract
The objective of this article is to dialogue with the provocation made by the Argentine anthropologist Néstor Perlongher about the anthropological work, in which the author asks himself: "why is it that anthropology, so obsessed with discourse about the other, does not dare to recognize the other's desire? Following this inspiration we wish to present theoretical and methodological points of consideration that emphasize an analysis of the social from the libidinal movements in its macro and micro politics, a proposed cartography that would compose an anthropology of desire. Understanding that desire is at the base of the creation of every community, bond of belonging or social relationship, throughout the article we explore ways to interpret a desire for hierarchy, annihilation of the other or evil - emphasizing the racial problem - via processes of subjectivation and libidinal engagements present in diverse practices of individuals, groups and forms of governments. We end the article pondering around the important influences of Perlongher in what, in Brazilian anthropology, we may call the Anthropology of pleasure, based on research that has been dedicated precisely to two of the author's main themes: sexuality and drugs.
Desire; Pleasure; Perlongher; Violence; Libidinal tensioners