Auxílio emergencial: a função social do estado e as contradições no discurso neoliberal

Abstract

Based on the theoretical-analytical assumptions of Materialist Discourse Analysis, this dissertation aims to contribute to the study of contradictions in the neoliberal discourse on Emergency Assistance and its meaning effects in different discursive formations. The corpora is composed of discursive sequences (SD) extracted from Decrees nº 10.316, of April 07, 2020, and nº 10.488, of September 16, 2020, which regulate Emergency Assistance and Residual Emergency Assistance, respectively taken here as a referential expression in the process of constitution and formulation of meanings of aid by the State. In turn, to analyze the circulation of meanings of the referential expression on screen, SD were formulated from articles published on the website of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT). The period considered for the selection of materials was April to September 2020, especially the days after the publication of said Decrees. The analysis demonstrates that, by responding on an emergency basis with Emergency Aid, the Brazilian State simulates that it is effectively contributing to confronting the country's social inequalities, while its responsibility for unemployment, informality and the precarious living conditions of a large portion of the population population is silenced, both in the official discourse and in the union space.