halshs-05322829 Surviving and creating under authoritarian rule : The case of the last (…)

The way authoritarianism is experienced from below, by those it subdues, contributes to explain why some despotic regimes persist despite their lack of popular support and legitimacy. The paradigmatic case of the last Argentine dictatorship (1976-1983) highlights how the people (in that case artists and intellectuals) who can neither escape despotism nor challenge it share a daily life shaped by fear, have to invent protections from state violence, discreetly express dissent, and consider the eventuality of exile.