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Sovereign flock and human rights in the Brazilian prison system: from the banality of evil to the profanation of naked life
Prison was born in modern times in order to humanize the State’s list of sanctions. In Brazil, however, custodial institutions have historically coexisted with human rights violations. Given the current relevance of this theme, this article seeks to answer the following research problem: to what extent does the Brazilian prison population configure itself as a sovereign flock in light of the biopolitical perspective unveiled by Foucauldian and Agambenian philosophies? The hypothesis, finally corroborated, identifies prison as a mechanism of deprivation of human rights by subjecting bodies and lives to the relation of the sovereign flock. The text is structured in two sections and aims, respectively, to analyze the sovereign flock in the Brazilian prison system as a portrayal of the banality of evil; and to reflect on the institutional and social affirmation and enforcement of human rights through the profanation of human nakedness resulting from sovereign abandonment. The methodology contemplates the phenomenological-hermeneutic method, the qualitative approach, the basic nature, the exploratory objective and the bibliographical and documental procedures. Keywords: biopolitics; human rights; unconstitutional state of affairs; prison; criminal justice system.
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Neoliberalism from below: popular resistances and public territories beyond the rule of law
This article problematizes the popular dimension of neoliberal rationality’s overflowing methods, as well as its modes of challenging rule of law based on Verónica Gago’s thinking. Therefore, it intends to investigate how the author’s theorizations stipulate a potency of social transformation by constituting popular resistances and political territories beyond the rule of law. For this purpose, the article is supported by a border thinking and it makes use of indirect documentation through literature review as a method of apprehension of the dynamics of the new spatialities produced by neoliberalism. Furthermore, this research is justified by the academic production’s gap based on the thinking of the Argentinian theorist in Brazil, which is part of the list of critical contributions of neoliberalism with original articulation to unfold a radical, anti-colonial and feminist theoretical project. Finally, it is concluded that the persevering popular life’s creative socialization is able to contest rule of law’s boundaries as a consolidated political-legal regime. Keywords: neoliberalism; Verónica Gago; rule of law.
Biosce(a)nic scripts: Manoel de Barros and the epistemic body on stage
The present article aims to propose a biographic frontier critical (Nolasco, 2015) reflection from the book Livro de pré-coisas: roteiro para uma excursão poética no Pantanal by Manoel de Barros (2021), in order to think through the precepts that encompass the theatrical scenic view (Magaldi, 1994), the construction of the scenario in Manoel de Barros’ works through the links with biolocus (Nolasco, 2015). In this premise, we will take the landscape (Nolasco, 2012) of the bioceanic route as an analogy that allows us to think the dialogues made through theorization as if they were scripts that connect the inscription of the frontier body (Noronha, 2024) in the performance of a scenic construction that is concretised in the enunciative creation. As a result, the Pantanal is understood as the stage that covers border landscapes (Nolasco, 2012) that are established as the scenario that houses this epistemic-body (Noronha, 2024) of the manlikeimage (Bessa-Oliveira, 2017), which means, a scenography that starts from the author’s body and welcomes the body of the other who transits the border erected in his statement. Thus, it will be salutar the theoretical studies of Marcos Antônio Bessa-Oliveira (2017), Edgar Cézar Nolasco (2012; 2015), Sabato Magaldi (1994), Marina Maura Noronha (2024) and Sonia Aparecida Vido Pascolati (2009). Key words: biosce(a)nic; Manoel de Barros; scenario; epistemic body.
Panorama of AIDS in Brazil: youth and vulnerabilities
This article discusses the rise in HIV/AIDS cases among young Brazilians between 2009 and 2018, looking at the incidence by region of the country, as well as gender and sexuality issues, among other relevant markers, which reveal the vulnerabilities to be considered in government prevention actions to tackle the epidemic at the beginning of its fifth decennary of existence. The methodological paths for construct the text stand out: contextualization of the Brazilian panorama, institutional information, a comparative perspective, a qualitative approach, and a critical view of the political scenario whose conservatism has reverberated in HIV prevention programs and campaigns in Brazil. Key words: health; sexualities; inequality.
René Descartes and Franz Kafka: notes on a crossing
This article establishes relationships between Descartes (Discourse on the Method and Meditations on First Philosophy) and Franz Kafka (Aphorismen, Erzälungen aus dem Nachlass, and Tagebücher). The parallels are drawn from three main axes: the metaphor of the path, the use of estrangement, and the concept of empty transcendence. The analysis is conducted through comments on the mentioned works of Descartes and Kafka, and also relies on the interpretations of scholars of both authors, including Arendt (2007), Cottingham (1995), Galvão (2001), Taylor (2013), and Koyré (1963) on Descartes' work, and Anders (2007), Derrida (2024), Flusser (2002), and Rosenfeld (1996) on Kafka's literature.
Principles of law and constitutionality in elementary education: a path to civic formation
This article discusses the relevance of introducing principles of Law and Constitutionality in Elementary Education as a means of civic formation, strengthening the Democratic Rule of Law and preventing rights violations. The research is based on theoretical references in education, constitutional law, and citizenship, proposing an interdisciplinary integration in school curricula. It is argued that basic legal literacy from the early years of Elementary School can contribute to the formation of individuals more aware of their rights and duties, reinforcing a culture of legality and social participation. Keywords: legal education; elementary school; citizenship; constitutional law; school curriculum.
Genetic engineering and the fine line between the concepts of enhancement and cure
With the advent and advances in genetic engineering, the scientific community was faced with challenges of a moral nature, which require studies and discussions on the most diverse aspects of this topic. Among the points that deserve our attention, and that we consider elementary, concerns the clarity and objectivity of the concepts that appear in the moral debate in the field of genetics. This article aims to present the relationship between genetic engineering and the concept of enhancement and cure from an ethical perspective. We will begin by presenting a brief background on the advancement of medical technology and the need for ethical discussions today. Next, we will discuss the models of approach to the concept of enhancement by the different theorists and schools that discuss the subject. Next, we will move towards understanding the fine line between enhancement and cure and whether it is possible to establish an objective demarcation between one thing and another. Key words: genetic engineering; enhancement; cure; bioethics.
This article analyzes how Johannes Hessen's epistemology can underpin the scientific validity of police practices aimed at the preservation of public order, contributing to the consolidation of Police Sciences as an autonomous scientific field. Starting from the identification of historical challenges—such as the dichotomy between "science of the police" and "science for the police", the lack of clear definition of object and method, and the incipient endogenous scientific production within police organizations—the study proposes incorporating Hessen’s epistemological foundations, especially the concept of truth as correspondence and the articulation between formal and material logic, as a way to overcome technical empiricism and validate police expertise as applied scientific knowledge. Based on an integrative literature review of national and international studies, the pertinence of this framework to qualify police practices and strengthen their scientific and social legitimacy is demonstrated. The experience of the Military Police of Santa Catarina (PMSC), through the establishment of the Military Police Faculty (FAPOM), stands out as an example of the institutionalization of reflective practice and endogenous scientific production, signaling a strategic movement towards the modernization and enhancement of police institutions. It is concluded that Hessen's epistemology provides a solid foundation for affirming Police Sciences as a legitimate and essential field for strengthening public security and promoting fundamental rights. Key words: police sciences; epistemology; Johannes Hessen; public order; endogenous scientific production.
Paradoxes of the human condition: the cosmos, chaos and the necessary poetry
This article proposes a problematization of the human condition in the contemporary world based on the abandonment of unitary truths and the obsession with accuracy, privileging complexity and paradox as central cognitive operators. Instead of looking for fixed definitions of what is human, we adopt a plural and relational approach, understanding the subject as a multifaceted emergence that crosses the biological, the symbolic, the technical and the mythical. The human condition is approached as a phenomenon in permanent metamorphosis, marked by tensions between creation and repetition, between nature and artifice, between cosmic ancestry and contemporary technicality. Keywords: complexity; paradox; hybridity; narratives of the human.
The relationship and the paradox in modern conservatism: theoretical contributions of Kirk and Scruton
This article examines the persistent uncertainties surrounding the debate on the genesis of the contemporary sociopolitical conjuncture, proposing that understanding conservatism requires a paradoxical-relational approach. It begins from the premise that conservatism, as a political and cultural phenomenon, cannot be grasped through rigidly defined categories or fixed conceptual frameworks. Confronting the theoretical ambiguities that permeate this field of thought is driven by the articulation of multiple sociocultural, historical, and discursive processes which, through their complex interactions, reveal the constitutive fluidity of the very object of analysis. In this sense, conservatism is approached not as a cohesive and univocal system of ideas, but as a heterogeneous field of forces marked by internal contradictions, displacements, and tensions. The central hypothesis supports the impossibility of a monolithic conceptual definition, which implies recognizing that the subject who identifies as conservative is constantly interpellated by the very elements that both structure and destabilize their identity. To investigate this issue, a single case study methodology was adopted, focusing on the contributions of Russell Kirk (2014; 2021) and Roger Scruton (2014; 2019), key figures in the formulation of contemporary conservative thought. It is argued that, within the logic of conservatism, the subject is not merely a hostage to the conceptual contradictions that traverse them, as their self-image and discursive practices do not necessarily correspond to the full representational totality of their ideological positioning. On the contrary, understanding conservatism requires recognizing its performative and relational nature, situated within a field of symbolic and political disputes that resists any attempt at definitive conceptual fixation. Keywords: conservatism; paradoxical-relational; emergence; conceptual tensions.
The possibility of the theological-economic paradigm and destituent power in Giorgio Agamben against Carl Schmitt’s political theology and Hans Kelsen’s liberal democracy
The purpose of this study is, first, to present the set of arguments exposed in the important and historical debate between Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt regarding who should be the “guardian of the State Constitution” and, subsequently, to propose Giorgio Agamben’s oikonomic theology as a paradigm that sheds light on fundamental categories of modernity. This approach makes it possible to demonstrate the inconsistencies of Schmitt’s political theology and, at the same time, to recognize the State in its managerial rather than epistemic functioning—thus anarchic—when the theses of Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt are brought into relation. Keywords: theology; oikonomia; politics; liberal democracy.
Solidary Economy In Motion: Strategic Support From FURB to the União Maior Motoboys Association
The establishment of the União Maior Motoboys Association (AUMM) in Blumenau was the result of strategic support provided by the Technological Incubator of Popular Cooperatives (ITCP) at the Regional University of Blumenau (FURB). This support was carried out through university extension activities, in response to the worsening of labor precarization driven by platform-based economies. In this context, the collective organization of motorcycle couriers emerged as a necessary alternative to confront the challenges imposed by new dynamics in the world of work. This study aims to describe the experience of ITCP/FURB’s support to AUMM, highlighting the strategies implemented to strengthen the association's structure and to analyze the impacts of platformization on working conditions. The qualitative research is based on an experience report and employed tools such as: meetings, situational diagnoses, discussion groups, and organizational consulting. The findings indicate that the advisory process significantly contributed to organizational strengthening, fostering greater engagement among the category, political awareness, and the development of collective strategies to defend workers’ rights. The experience demonstrates that collective organization, supported by institutional backing, is a powerful tool in the struggle for improved working and living conditions, underscoring the urgent need for public policies aimed at mitigating the precarization imposed by digital platform economies. Keywords: Solidarity Economy; Labor Precarization; Motorcycle Couriers; App-Based Economy; Cooperative Advisory.
Woke culture on the couch: a psychoanalytic analysis of defense mechanisms in the structural racism
This intellectual effort seeks to carry out a critical analysis of Woke Culture from the perspective of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis, especially the concept of structural racism. This is a relevant and current topic that demands reflection and understanding of social phenomena based on clear and distinct concepts. In this context, Psychoanalysis presents itself as a valuable tool for understanding and criticizing the political manifestations present in Woke Culture and the concept of structural racism. The article uses the literature of Machado de Assis as a critical model of society and highlights dimensions that remain hidden in attitudes of social justice. Keywords: culture; racism; philosophy; psychoanalysis.
The essay expands on some ideas presented in the author’s Undergraduate thesis, entitled “Mundo-sample: a transição neoliberal do Brasil na forma do rap nacional”. In its first movement, it utilizes part of what has been written on rap music in the attempt to outline the specific position of sampling for this musical culture. After that, important ideas about neoliberalism in its initial moment are summarized, being made a link between this central position of sampling and this neoliberal reality via ideas such as historic abstraction, technical reproduction and montage. In a third moment, some raps which use sampling and montage in an interesting way are analyzed. Finally, I propose an adornian reading of the rap tradition focused on the use of the sample, arguing that there is a radical appropriation of identity, repetition and the commodity form in the direction of the production of something non-identical, new, original and radical. Key words: Rap; sampling; neoliberalism; technical reproduction; montage.
The paradox of protection: security, fundamental rights, and the advancement of unregulated facial recognition policies
The study analyzes the regulation of video surveillance technologies in Brazil, focusing on the use of facial recognition and its implications for public security and fundamental rights. The research is based on the problem: how can the Brazilian State balance the technological efficiency of facial recognition in public security with the protection of fundamental rights, given the lack of specific regulation and gaps in transparency, accountability, and governance? Using the deductive method and bibliographic approach, the investigation draws on a Foucauldian perspective to analyze the ambivalent role of the State, which simultaneously protects fundamental rights and expands its power in the name of public security. The lack of specific regulation for facial recognition exposes discriminatory practices, driven by algorithmic biases and the appropriation of data by private entities, thus challenging democratic principles. Governance, grounded in active and passive transparency, is presented as essential to legitimizing the use of this technology. However, low transparency indices reveal an opaque implementation without proper oversight. The study also critiques surveillance capitalism, which commodifies personal data and instrumentalizes human behavior, deepening social inequalities. The study concludes that the State must balance technological efficiency with the protection of fundamental rights, ensuring that facial recognition is used ethically, transparently, and in a manner that respects human dignity, thereby preventing the perpetuation of inequalities. Key words: governance; facial recognition; public security; post-democracy.
What makes us “see”? A techno-philosophical reflection on the limits of visibility based on Kant, Foucault and Pariser
This article aims at a reflection that interconnects the fields of philosophy and technology with the purpose of analyzing, based on the thoughts of Kant, Foucault and Pariser, the formation of the limits of our field of visibility and the possibilities of overcoming it. To this end, will be present Pariser's analysis of the filter bubble, formed by algorithmic filtering mechanisms and distributed based on information personalization criteria on the network. Next, Foucault's analysis of the archive and the mutation from the classical to the modern episteme is presented. Finally, the article presents Kant's transcendental problematic regarding the formation of objective knowledge and the illusions of reason. Thus, by working on the concepts of bubble, archive and transcendental, we trace the guiding thread for a techno-philosophical reflection on what determines our field of visibility and what, by forming it, necessarily surpasses it. Keywords: Kant; Foucault; Pariser; filter bubble; transcendental.
About a defeated left: aftermath, defeats and memory in the 20th Century
This article seeks to elaborate on some elements that could provide a framework for the reasons for the defeat of the political left in the contemporary world. To this end, it mobilizes some notions dear to modernity: progress, acceleration and revolution. It aims to establish a zone of dialogue between Traverso's hypotheses regarding melancholy, a historical characteristic of the left, and Berardi's ideas that point to the present as a reality without a future. Perhaps the key to interpreting the historical defeat of the left, which has lasted forty years, lies in this articulation. Key words: political left; progress; acceleration; future; defeat.
Rewriting with the body: inter-corporeality in the Hour of the Star
This paper proposes a theoretical discussion on the presence of intercorporeality (PESSANHA, 2018) in the narrative construction of Clarice Lispector's book The Hour of the Star (1977). Our article corroborates the fact that the conceptual discussion privileged here is part of our doctoral thesis completed within the scope of NECC/PPGEL/UFMS. It illustrates the conceptual approach to intercorporeality when the author puts into practice in her literary narrative a writing with the body, which, in its own way, refers to a practice of rewriting, as we try to show in our reflection. Based on the postulates of frontier biographical criticism (NOLASCO, 2015), which, in its own way, bases all its theorisation on the presence of the ‘bios’ and the ‘locus’, we want to argue that the practice of intercorporeality paves the way for a decolonial rewriting in an unforced way, especially when we observe that, in the narrative in question, Clarice writes with her body. We aspire to carry out this discussion without neglecting, at any moment in our conceptual theoretical reflection, the presence of the book The Hour of Writing, since it is the trigger for our entire proposal. Thus, we hope that, based on the proposed concepts, we can circumvent the theorisation that involves “I write with the body” found in the work under study. Key words: inter-corporeality; border biographical criticism; The hour of the star.
Archaeological and genealogical perspectives for a political epistemology of development
Thinking about development from an archaeological and genealogical perspective was exercised in this article. The aim is to support the understanding of scientific work based on the analysis of the meanings acquired by the term over time, always linked to a dynamic movement that starts from a certain point and arrives at another, often considered superior. Considering these uses, it was questioned that from the eminently evolutionary bias, sometimes ideological and violent, it was considered that this mode of reflection can deny fundamentals of scientific thought, relevant, such as the historical perspective. Therefore, the meanings of philosophical thinking and their relationship with considerations about development were questioned and contributions on Nietzsche's genealogy, archeology and genealogy of Foucault were used. Finally, approaches were listed to support epistemological reflections on the understanding of development as a science. Key words: epistemology; development; philosophy; genealogy; archeology.
Consonances between music, sea and abysmal interiority in Proust and Baudelaire
Music, sea, and inner depth are central themes in the works of Marcel Proust and Charles Baudelaire, in which both authors employ metaphors to delve into the complexity of the human soul and the aesthetic experience. In À la recherche du temps perdu (1913-1927), Proust assigns music a prominent position in the narrative, highlighting its ability to evoke memories and deep emotions, acting as a catalyst for grasping the essence of being and time. The sonata and the septet of Vinteuil, in particular, become a symbol of this inner depth, compared to the sea for its fluidity and ability to envelop the human spirit. Correspondingly, Baudelaire, in his poem La musique (1857), draws on the image of the sea to represent the overwhelming power of music, capable of leading the poetic speaker on a riddling and intense inner journey. Through marine metaphors, Baudelaire captures the essence of the human spirit, revealing its passions and inner torments. In this paper, we will examine how both writers develop these themes, exploring the similarities between music, sea, depth, and their implications for human interiority. Key Words: Marcel Proust; Charles Baudelaire; music; sea; metaphor.
Neither madness nor stupidity: some clues about the grotesque device in far-right politics
This article investigates some clues about the grotesque device, a strategy that has become common in current far-right politics. In Foucault's conception, the device refers to the complex and heterogeneous mechanisms articulated to certain games of power and knowledge. The notion of grotesque is also derived from the studies of this author and would have three characteristics: speeches that make people laugh, the will to truth and the politics of death. The object of the investigation is some news stories about the political figures of Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei and Donald Trump. The study is in the field of political psychology and uses the so-called digital ethnography. The grotesque is taken as a powerful device that has modulated the relations of power and the regimes of knowledge in the current political scenario. The analyses indicate that the grotesque device acts as a recurring necropolitical strategy and that it is directly linked to neoliberal rationality. Key words: political psychology; grotesque; digital ethnography; device.
A movie, a rose and the body, thinking and defining: philosophical provocations
The Name of the Rose is not only a work that medieval European world and the power exercised by the Catholic Church of the time, a Catholic Church of the time, it's a film for reflecting on the types of rationality, power relations power relations that these types of rationalities produce and their misconceptions. By reflecting reflect on these issues from a credible historical reconstruction, the reflections produced by the feature film can lead to an attitude of epistemic reworking of the positions we take when questioning the world, as it concepts, rethinking ideas, reworking perspectives, broadening the way we see the body and rationality. way of seeing the body and rationality. To interpret it in this way, we made use of a qualitative bibliographical review in order to highlight points not always considered fundamental, but which are politically, socially and culturally important. Keywords: define; interpret; body; rationality.
Human rights between precariousness and naked life: dialogue between Judith Butler and Giorgio Agamben
The main purpose of this article is to engage in a dialogue about the perspectives of Judith Butler and Giorgio Agamben on the human condition based on the concepts of precarity and bare life. Firstly, Butler's perspective develops the subjectivity of precariousness represented through lives that are or are not subject to mourning and based on the unequal distribution of precariousness on certain bodies. Subsequently, relying on Agamben, the paradigm of exception is revealed in the exclusion of bare life from the legal-political sphere, as well as the presence of the homo sacer in the exception, and consequently, as a body separated from the legal order. From the intersection between the two authors, the non-incorporation of the categories of bodies presented in the framework of current Law and human rights is questioned, highlighting the need to rethink these same paradigms. To achieve the proposed objectives, the dialectical approach method, the comparative procedure method and the bibliographic research technique are used. The possible answers to the questions raised by the research reveal the urgency of public mourning in the constitution of an ethic of interdependence in the field of human rights, based on the proposed dialogue and deconstructing the dynamics of sacralization and sacrificialization of certain subjects to the detriment of others. Key words: biopolitic; human rights; homo sacer; precariousness; bare life.
Approaches of ethnography, collective ethnography and the use of photographs to Bernard Lahire's sociological portraits: expanding possibilities for dispositionalist research in administration
This study aimed to bring theoretical and methodological contributions from ethnography, collective ethnography and the use of audiovisual resources (especially photographs) to enrich the construction of sociological portraits in Bernard Lahire. The proposed theoretical approach has the potential to facilitate the study of the place of origin, in the foreground, in the analysis and composition of sociological portraits; and to enhance the participation of the researched in the production of portraits. The approach to collective ethnography was made possible by i) the study of mobility in urban space, referring to the transits of young people in different fields of practice; ii) the involvement of the researched in ethnographic productions, from work in the field to the elaboration of reports; and iii) to include the study of mobility and spatialities in Lahire's dispositionalist studies. As for the use of audiovisual resources, they tend to expand the production of data in the field and bring the perspective of the researched themselves to the process. Key words: ethnography; collective ethnography; photographs; sociological portraits.
Guarantee’s omissive criminal responsability for the product
The present work intends to discuss the omissive responsibility of the entrepreneur holding the position of guarantor resulting from a harmful result or danger to the health, physical integrity or life of the consumer, for the manufacture or commercialization of inappropriate products. Due to the new social relationships developed in the risk society, danger and collective protection are relevant, both in terms of consumer law and in criminal law. Often, in order to provide an answer to the crimes that occurred in this sphere, a relaxation of the rules of subjective imputation occurs. However, even in the business environment, limits must be established. For this, some cases were analyzed in which there was damage to the consumer in which there was due liability, others in which no one was held criminally responsible and, finally, cases in which the liability was made in violation of the fundamental guarantees of the subject. Key words: product liability; improper omission crimes; supplier; consumer; guarantor.
The modus operandi of the disappearance of political prisoners during the brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985)
This article explores political disappearances during the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985), focusing on the strategies used to eliminate and conceal political prisoners. The research is grounded in a bibliographic and documentary methodology, legal texts and scholarly literature. It is theoretically based on the concept of transitional justice, as defined by international organizations and academic frameworks. The study analyzes the impact of the Amnesty Law (Law No. 6,683/1979) in fostering impunity by providing legal protection to state agents involved in serious human rights violations. It also discusses the role of the National Truth Commission in reconstructing historical memory, pursuing accountability, and promoting reparations for victims. The findings reveal how the military regime institutionalized the forced disappearance of dissidents, contributing to the enduring denial of justice and collective memory. Keywords: military dictatorship; political disappearance; National Truth Commission.
The penitentiary as an unfolding of the biopolitical field: the administration of death and the massacre
This work will seek to look at the Brazilian penitentiary system, in which it will be emphasized that prisons are seen as paradigms of the concentration camp. In this sense, from an Agambenian reading, it is also clear that the prison is a space where the naked life of the inmate is kidnapped and subject to the arbitrariness and violence of a sovereign power. In order to work with reality, the research in question takes as its main example the massacre that occurred at the Altamira Regional Recovery Center, in the State of Pará, which culminated in the deaths of 62 individuals, in 2019. Keywords: field; biopolitics; massacre; bare life
Revisiting the modern: Autran Dourado and the decentralization of modernity
This article emerges from the research project "Autran Dourado: aprender a desaprender para re-aprender a crítica", erected at the Núcleo de Estudos Culturais Comparados (NECC). Anchoring myself in the perception that the critical fortune of the literature of the writer mineiro Autran Dourado is not widely studied, I aim to discuss, with support of the border biographical criticism (Nolasco, 2015), as its critical fortune allows dialogues with decoloniality from the concept of modernity. Thus, focusing on the texts "As potências de Autran Dourado" (Guimarães, 2024a), "Ficções nas ficções de Autran Dourado" (Guimarães, 2024b) and "Modernismo mineiro e o cosmopolitismo" (Souza, 2022), besides other critical compositions, seek to draw theoretical comparisons that are directed to rethink modernity. In this sense, considering the critical pieces listed, I foresee that the poetic autraniana is located geographically and historically in the transition of an archaic Minas Gerais to its modernization phase, factors that allow me to erect a critical doing at the confluence with the myth of modernity (Dussel, 2000). Finally, I am building my ideas in order to establish a practice of re-reading the critical reception of Autrano and consequently its literature. Key words: Autran Dourado; comparative literature; biographic frontier criticism; critical reception; modernity.
Politics beyond the law in Giorgio Agamben
This article analyzes Giorgio Agamben's proposal to think politics beyond law. The study is divided into two parts. In the first, I develop the broader argument of how the coming politics is conceived through the possibility of common use, especially considering the process of desubjectivation experienced in the society of the spectacle. In the second part, I specifically discuss Agamben's reading of the Franciscan monasteries, the only empirical example thoroughly analyzed by the author of a collective form-of-life that puts its own way of living at stake. Despite the study's essentially descriptive purpose, I seek to demonstrate that, in complex, plural, and neoliberal societies like the ones we live in, the critique of biopolitics must be conceived beyond, yet cannot dispense with law. Keywords: Giorgio Agamben; Rule of law; Biopolitics; Form of life.
Sovereign and the dream in the protection of cultural heritage: a study on Ramadan in Sandman in the light of Agamben's theses
This essay explores the protection of cultural heritage through the analysis of Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel Sandman and the theories of Giorgio Agamben, especially the Homo Sacer project and its political and normative implications. The choice of these references is justified by Sandman’s ability to illustrate, in a metaphorical way, the consequences of authoritarian decisions regarding heritage, while Agamben provides a theoretical framework for understanding how sovereign power can create zones of exception that marginalize communities. Using a critical approach, the essay examines the relationship between public power and cultural preservation, highlighting the importance of social participation in this process. Tensions are identified between patrimonialization and the exclusion of communities, showing how unilateral preservation, driven solely by state decisions, can result in a state of exception that silences the voices of society. As a metaphor, the figure of the Caliph in Sandman is analyzed, who, in seeking to protect Baghdad at any cost, decontextualizes the city socially and culturally, suspending it from reality by making decisions without consulting local communities. The process of selecting cultural assets by a technical elite, which often disregards the realities experienced by the population, is also criticized. The proposal is that cultural preservation should be understood as a dynamic and relational process that includes communities and their living cultural practices. The conclusion is that heritage protection should go beyond static conservation, promoting the continuity and evolution of local identities, in dialogue with the needs and meanings attributed by communities. Key words: Agamben; Sandman; Cultural Heritage; Homo Sacer Project; State.