Das classificações às associações: um olhar sociológico sobre o ímpeto classificatório

Abstract

The research tracks social connections around the significant "Pentecostalism" through the mapping of controversies related to the classifications created and consolidated by the Sociology of New Pentecostalism in Brazil. It seeks to understand the contemporary modalities of Pentecostalism. The use of the theoretical and methodological apparatus of this sociology is faced with the history of development of Pentecostal formations, renitentes to the classificatory furor of strictly taxonomist thought, and with the variety of discursive propositions elaborated by the actors themselves in the field. An alternative mode of thought is proposed inspired by the Deleuzian concept of rhizome. A model for construction a non-classificatory perspective of Pentecostalism (antisociology) and concerned with the political implications of the classifications. A non-taxonomist approach is another look at the concerns aroused by Pentecostal dissent and versatility. Disinterested in unrestricted classificatory activity and animated by the inventive character of the development processes of Pentecostal formations, this proposal aims to overcome epistemological obstacles inserted in the hegemonic model of science. The unfolding of these issues has as its starting point the dialogue with actors in temples of churches genealogically Pentecostal, located in the Region of Cariri cearense, from which the problem emerged. The implementation of this experiment is based on the negative reflections of the Latourian introduction to the Sociology of Associations (Actor-Network Theory). Its principles compel the redefinition of the concepts of science and social, guide the reorganization of investigative procedures in research and give lucidity to the political aspect of the works produced under the title of Social Sciences. The textual account further explores the political implications of the classifications in light of the 2018 and 2022 presidential elections, events that have shaken the country in recent history.