Political Subjectivity in the Countersignature of the Peace Agreements in Colombia, 2012-2015

Abstract

As part of the agreements reached at the talks in Havana between the Government and the FARC guerrilla seeking to end the internal armed conflict in Colombia, this article proposes to address from a subjective perspective the problem of colombians’ political culture and its impact on the countersignature of the peace agreements. The first section alludes to the negotiating table, the agreements reached, and the challenges for the population in the countersignature of the agreements. A second section characterizes the theoretical perspective of subjectivity and its relevance to the analysis of political problems such as the armed conflict. To give content to the subjective perspective, in the third section two agents of fundamental primary socialization for political culture are characterized: family and school, in order to show their impact on how

colombians think, feel, and act about politics. Finally, the countersignature of the agreements is seen as a political action set in the subjectivity.