Eliseo Verón
Eliseo Verón (1932–2009) was an Argentine sociologist, semiotician, and communication theorist whose work bridged semiotics, psychoanalysis, and media studies, particularly in the context of Lacanian influences and French structuralism.[1] Trained in sociology and philosophy, he played a key role in disseminating structuralist thought in Latin America through translations and collaborations with figures like Claude Lévi-Strauss and Roland Barthes.[1] Associated with Buenos Aires psychoanalysts such as José Bleger, he contributed to the intellectual milieu linking psychoanalysis with social theory.[2]
| Eliseo Verón | |
|---|---|
| Organization details | |
| Type | Psychoanalyst and sociologist |
| Orientation | Lacanian |
| Operations | |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina; Paris, France |
| Geographic scope | International |
Biography
Verón moved to Paris in the early 1960s, attending seminars by Lévi-Strauss and Barthes, and in 1961 translated Lévi-Strauss's Anthropologie structurale into Spanish.[1] He maintained a transatlantic presence between Paris and Buenos Aires for over four decades, serving as a key interlocutor for semiotic research across Latin America, France, Italy, and Spain.[1] His work engaged with French theories including those of Lacan, introducing them to Argentine intellectual circles.[1]
Contributions to Psychoanalysis and Semiotics
Verón's theoretical framework emphasized social semiosis, the social construction of reality through discourse, with a focus on the décalage (mismatch) between production and recognition of meaning.[1] Influenced by psychoanalysis, his analysis of social discourses drew on Lacanian notions of the Real and the symbolic order, applying them to media and political violence.[1] He was part of Buenos Aires psychoanalytic networks, collaborating with figures like José Bleger, Carlos Sluzki, and Guillermo Vidal.[2]
His early work, such as the 1967 analysis of political violence in Argentine newspapers, introduced the concept of semantization, a process by which events are constructed in media discourse.[1] This evolved into a theory of mediatization, viewing media as devices of sense production rather than mere reproducers of reality.[1]
Key Works
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References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Ferrari, Silvio (2020). "A Latin American approach to mediatization". CORE. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/157852843.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Puget, Janine (2012). "Isidoro Berenstein (1932–2011)". Wiley Online Library. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1745-8315.2012.00573.x.