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Blanes, Ruy Llera (2021). The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement. Social Anthropology. 29 (1), 123-140
R. J. Blanes, "The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement", in Social Anthropology, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 123-140, 2021
@article{blanes2021_1734931803283, author = "Blanes, Ruy Llera", title = "The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement", journal = "Social Anthropology", year = "2021", volume = "29", number = "1", doi = "10.1111/1469-8676.12977", pages = "123-140", url = "https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12977" }
TY - JOUR TI - The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement T2 - Social Anthropology VL - 29 IS - 1 AU - Blanes, Ruy Llera PY - 2021 SP - 123-140 SN - 0964-0282 DO - 10.1111/1469-8676.12977 UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12977 AB - In this paper, I propose an anthropological discussion of the correlation of utopia and optimism, in relation with ideas of personal and collective sacrifice. To do so, I will invoke my ethnographic research on political activism in Angola, particularly the so‐called Revolutionary Movement – a group of young activists challenging Angola’s authoritarian regime. During recent Luanda fieldwork, I observed how most of the ‘Revús’engaged in self‐sacrificial behaviour, exposing themselves to police brutality, imprisonment and social discrimination, in their struggle towards a brighter collective future. This optimistic and somewhat Gandhian stance marks a dramatic departure from the sense of fatalism and ‘culture of fear’ that seems otherwise to prevail in Angola. I will question if and in what terms such stances are ‘utopian’ and configure ‘principles of hope’, as Ernst Bloch would put it. In the process, I will perform a critical interrogation of the correlation of utopia, hope and optimism ER -