Reconfiguración del amor bajo el capitalismo emocional: análisis ontológico de la categoría "migajero"
Abstract
La presente investigación examina la transformación ontológica del ser-amoroso en la modernidad tardía mediante el análisis filosófico de la categoría migajero, concepto emergente en los discursos digitales contemporáneos que designa al sujeto que acepta relaciones afectivas asimétricas y fragmentadas. Desde una perspectiva ontológica fundamentada en la fenomenología existencial, la arqueología del discurso foucaultiana y la teoría de la performatividad lingüística, se argumenta que este término constituye un operador conceptual que visibiliza el tránsito desde una metafísica del amor como entrega y sacrificio hacia una ética reflexiva de autoconstitución y autocuidado. El análisis revela que la categoría migajero no representa meramente un fenómeno sociológico o lingüístico, sino una reconfiguración profunda de las estructuras ontológicas que posibilitan la experiencia amorosa bajo las condiciones del capitalismo emocional y la comunicación digital. La metodología empleada articula la hermenéutica fenomenológica con la crítica genealógica para examinar las condiciones de posibilidad del discurso afectivo contemporáneo. Los resultados indican que el amor en la modernidad tardía se constituye como campo de tensión entre la emancipación del sujeto autorreflexivo y las nuevas formas de normalización afectiva producidas por los regímenes de visibilidad digital y mercantilización emocional. Se concluye que la emergencia de esta categoría manifiesta una transformación paradigmática en la comprensión del ser-amoroso, donde la vulnerabilidad romántica es sustituida por una racionalidad del autocuidado que, paradójicamente, reproduce lógicas neoliberales de autooptimización emocional mientras promete liberación de patrones relacionales opresivos.
This research examines the ontological transformation of the loving-being in late modernity through the philosophical analysis of the category migajero (crumb-taker), an emerging concept in contemporary digital discourse that designates the subject who accepts asymmetric and fragmented affective relationships. From an ontological perspective grounded in existential phenomenology, Foucauldian archaeology of discourse, and linguistic performativity theory, it is argued that this term constitutes a conceptual operator that makes visible the transition from a metaphysics of love as surrender and sacrifice toward a reflexive ethics of self-constitution and self-care. The analysis reveals that the category migajero represents not merely a sociological or linguistic phenomenon, but a profound reconfiguration of the ontological structures that enable amorous experience under the conditions of emotional capitalism and digital communication. The methodology employed articulates phenomenological hermeneutics with genealogical critique to examine the conditions of possibility of contemporary affective discourse. Results indicate that love in late modernity is constituted as a field of tension between the emancipation of the self-reflexive subject and new forms of affective normalization produced by regimes of digital visibility and emotional commodification. It is concluded that the emergence of this category manifests a paradigmatic transformation in the understanding of the loving-being, where romantic vulnerability is replaced by a rationality of self-care that, paradoxically, reproduces neoliberal logics of emotional self-optimization while promising liberation from oppressive relational patterns.
This research examines the ontological transformation of the loving-being in late modernity through the philosophical analysis of the category migajero (crumb-taker), an emerging concept in contemporary digital discourse that designates the subject who accepts asymmetric and fragmented affective relationships. From an ontological perspective grounded in existential phenomenology, Foucauldian archaeology of discourse, and linguistic performativity theory, it is argued that this term constitutes a conceptual operator that makes visible the transition from a metaphysics of love as surrender and sacrifice toward a reflexive ethics of self-constitution and self-care. The analysis reveals that the category migajero represents not merely a sociological or linguistic phenomenon, but a profound reconfiguration of the ontological structures that enable amorous experience under the conditions of emotional capitalism and digital communication. The methodology employed articulates phenomenological hermeneutics with genealogical critique to examine the conditions of possibility of contemporary affective discourse. Results indicate that love in late modernity is constituted as a field of tension between the emancipation of the self-reflexive subject and new forms of affective normalization produced by regimes of digital visibility and emotional commodification. It is concluded that the emergence of this category manifests a paradigmatic transformation in the understanding of the loving-being, where romantic vulnerability is replaced by a rationality of self-care that, paradoxically, reproduces neoliberal logics of emotional self-optimization while promising liberation from oppressive relational patterns.
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Vol. 30, No. 51