"Excessos" de modernidade: mobilidades mundanas, políticas e o refazer do urbano
Keywords:
trânsito, automobilidade, modernidade, mobilidade, LíbanoAbstract
Aclamados como o epítome técnico e simbólico da modernidade, os automóveis também estão profundamente implicados na produção da mudança climática, imbricados no interior de um sistema global capitalista aparentemente todo-poderoso. O que uma análise antropológica do trânsito em áreas urbanas pode nos dizer sobre a duradoura força desse sistema? Enquanto em Beirute os carros são ao mesmo tempo desejados quanto necessários para se deslocar, fortes sentimentos de frustração estão tomando corpo entre moradores e itinerantes que encaram diariamente as sempre congestionadas estradas da cidade-capital. Essa frustração indica uma emergente "estrutura de sentimento" para/com a automobilidade do dia a dia, que tem criado desejos explícitos e concretos por alternativas de mobilidade, particularmente pelo transporte público, cujos estudiosos do setor consideravam estar morto. Nessa visão, ainda que os carros permaneçam sendo objetos cobiçados, em Beirute como em qualquer outro lugar, um "excesso" de automobilidade - de modernidade, poderíamos dizer - está na verdade enfraquecendo o domínio deles, e expondo uma potencial precariedade antes despercebida. O reconhecimento desse processo nos força a reconsiderar os pressupostos modernistas que temos sobre a inevitável predominância dos carros, e oferece esperança para futuros alternativos quanto à mobilidade.
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