In this article I propose a discussion on an 'anthropology of repression'. Following previous proposals set forth by French anthropologist Marc Augé, I reflect upon the pertinence of repression for the study of political and experiential dimensions of social life. For this, I draw a conceptual itinerary of repression from an anthropological point of view, and then propose a discussion of two of its underlying problems: that of temporality and dialectics.
dialectics; politics; repression; temporality