A razão neoliberal e os limites da democracia liberal no Brasil

A necropolítica de Bolsonaro e as R-existências em curso

Abstract

The article analyzed some actions related to environmental and indigenous management in Jair Bolsonaro's government, correlating these actions to the crisis of liberal democracy within the framework of neoliberal capitalism and necropolitics. The range of analysis predominantly covered the period of the Bolsonaro government (2019-2022). Even in the face of the challenges caused by the global climate crisis and the apparent global consensus on the need to conserve forests, there has been an increase in pressure and threats to indigenous lands and conservation units reaching all biomes of the national territory, especially the Amazon. The qualitative research was based on news published in the press, as well as articles and other related publications. Critical Discourse Analysis was the methodology used to discuss the influence of the "Bolsonaro" discourse on the worsening socio-environmental tensions in the country. The work also sought to provide reflections and a counterpoint on the r-existences and struggles of the indigenous and socio-environmental movement to reverse this emergency. Bolsonaro's necropolitical war machine has not only acted with weapons, but also in the symbolic field, through omission, dismantling, deregulation and encouraging predatory activities. These were other forms of indirect action fostered by the discourse and practice of the nation's president, aimed at eliminating "undesirables" and minorities.