Necropolítica, estado de exceção e poder: o reflexo dos mecanismos de deterioração do estado democrático de direito

Abstract

The present project consists of analyzing the concept of necropolitics and the mechanisms of deterioration that enable the realization of such a phenomenon. In this scenario, we intend to present the concepts founded by philosophers such as Achille Mbembe (1957 - ), Giorgio Agamben (1942 - ) and Michel Foucault Foucault (1926 - 1984). “Necropolitics”, a term coined by the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe in his 2018 book of the same name, is the sovereign’s ability to choose between who lives and who dies, with a purpose that concerns the interest in promoting the death of the right social groups (whether they are defined according to their ethnicity, gender or class). Removing the political status of these individuals, sovereigns find inhumane ways to eliminate those they judge as “enemies of the State”. Based on the aforementioned book and authors, questions will be raised about how this “death policy” is articulated in our current political sphere and how a systematized “death industry” is conceptualized through it.