Ana Soledad Montero

Ana Soledad Montero holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a PhD in philosophy and literature from the University of Buenos Aires. She is currently an associate researcher at CONICET and a lecturer and researcher at the University of San Martín (IIP-EPYG-UNSAM). She was a Fulbright scholar at the New School for Social Research in the United States and has been a visiting researcher at the University of Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle, the University of Rennes II, the ULB (Belgium), the UQAM (Canada) and the UNICAMP (Brazil). She is dedicated to the analysis of political discourse in relation to memory and political identities. Recently, she has explored the characteristics of New Right discourse on social media.

The project

Title: Reactionary discourse: argumentative repertoires and uses of the past in social media

"This project explores the transnational circulation of topics, motifs, discursive spaces, historical narratives and ideological clichés in ‘reactionary discourse’ between Europe and Latin America. The project proposes that reactionary discourse spreads in the form of shared lexical and argumentative motifs, and is mainly directed at progressive social movements (feminist, environmentalist, anti-racist) perceived as adversaries. The study examines three main areas:

1. The transnational dissemination of political concepts and the consolidation of a lexical repertoire;
2. The polarisation and dissemination of these discourses via digital social networks;
3. The mobilisation of narratives about authoritarian pasts. The aim is to analyse the consolidation of this reactionary discursive formation, its global spread, and its impact on contemporary political divisions."

Hosting institution: Centre d'Étude des Mouvements Sociaux (CEMS) - École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

Selective Bibliography

• Montero, S. (2024). Avatares en el poder. Claves sobre el discurso político en redes. UNSAM Edita.
• Montero, S. (ed.) (2016). El discurso polémico. Disputas, querellas y controversias. Buenos Aires: Prometeo.
• Montero, S. (2012). “¡Y al final un día volvimos!”. Los usos de la memoria en el discurso kirchnerista. Buenos Aires: Prometeo.
• Calabrese, L. & Montero, S. (2024a). “La casta ou l’obsession antiprogressiste”. Revue Nouvelle 5, août 2024.
• Calabrese, L. & Montero, S. (2024b). “La casta y los progres: categorización social de la amenaza en la argentina libertaria”. Temas y debates 48 (en prensa).
• Calabrese, L. & Montero, S. (2024c). "Invoquer la République. Usages consensuels et polémiques dans le discours politique en France et en Argentine". Mots. Les langages du politique.
• Montero, S. (2024). “Nombrar el pasado, discutir el presente. Acerca de las denominaciones dictadura cívico-militar y ditadura civil-militar en Argentina y Brasil”. Perspectivas (CREDA-CNRS), en prensa.
• Montero, S. (2024). “Una democracia afectada. Polarización y emociones en el discurso de la nueva derecha argentina en redes sociales”. Revista Panamericana de Comunicación 6(1), 1-XX.
• Vitale, A. & Montero, S. (eds.) (2022): Dossier thématique “Discours politique et usages du passé en Argentine”. Revue Argumentation et Analyse du Discours 29 (ADARR), Tel Aviv.