Death policies: exercises of power and the coronavirus

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378643986

Keywords:

Power, Economy, Pandemic, Population

Abstract

This article seeks, in the context of the pandemic caused by the Coronavirus, to articulate with the thought of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, in his course held at the Collège de France, Security, Territory and Population (1977-1978), about the ways of exercising power and the treatment of epidemic diseases. As a background, we will also focus on government strategies based both on the maintenance of lives and on the production of the dead, identifying an equation that aims primarily to meet economic assumptions to the detriment of the health of the population.

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Author Biographies

Regiane Lorenzetti Collares, Federal University of Cariri, Juazeiro do Norte, CE

Professor of Philosophy at Federal University of Cariri, Juazeiro do Norte, CE

Luis Celestino de França Júnior, Federal University of Cariri, Juazeiro do Norte, CE

Professor at Federal University of Cariri, Juazeiro do Norte, CE

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Published

2020-08-03

How to Cite

Collares, R. L., & França Júnior, L. C. de. (2020). Death policies: exercises of power and the coronavirus. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 11, e49. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378643986

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Vol. 11 (2020): Special Issue: Pandemic and Philosophy

Section

Special Ed.: Pandemic and Philosophy (continuous publication)

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