Abstract

NASCIMENTO, Emerson Oliveira  and  COLOMBO, Lucileia Aparecida. Making live and letting die: the mechanisms of management of inequalities in times of pandemics. Rev. psicol. polít. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.51, pp. 478-490. ISSN 2175-1390.

This study aims to analyse the management mechanisms of the Covid-19 pandemic, based on the concept of biopolitics developed by Michel Foucault. The policies of the modern State, expanded in the list of the so-called Welfare State, are designed to serve all individuals, universally, especially when what is being debated is the preservation of life. Furthermore, if we consider the formation of society is based on the formation of individuals and their bodies, we assume that social protection reaches all citizens. However, the pandemic has exacerbated social conditions that are already markedly unequal, such as Brazilian society. From such assertions, as preliminary results, we can assume that state negligence is intrinsically linked to the concept of biopolitics as developed by the French philosopher.

Keywords : Biopolitics; Social differences; Pandemic; Covid-19.

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