Biopolitics and the state of exception in the context of the decollectivisation of labour relations

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The objective of this article is to approach the change in the Brazilian labor legislation as an austerity measure for the decollectivization of labor relations based on the theoretical concepts of the philosophers Michel Foucault, power, biopolitics, and resistance, and Giorgio Agamben, state of exception, "bare life", and homo sacer. After the exposition of Michel Foucault's theoretical understanding of biopolitics and resistance, Agamben's construction of the concepts of homo sacer and state of exception is presented. These conceptions will be related to the austerity measures imposed by the Brazilian government and set in motion as of 2017, when the labor reform process is inaugurated, with emphasis on Collective Labor Law. On austerity and Exceptional Labor Law, the work of António Casimiro Ferreira will be used, in particular. This is an exploratory research, with a qualitative approach, by means of bibliographical and documental procedures. The conclusion is that the philosophical concepts are adequate to the reality of the Brazilian labor world and that this finding opens space for the formulation of resistance strategies in a context of freedom.

Key words: austerity; biopolitics; state of exception; labor.

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Ana Maria Maximiliano, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Doutorado em Direito pela UFPR. Mestrado em Direito pela PUCPR e Graduação em Direito pela PUCPR. Atua como pesquisadora junto ao Grupo de Estudos em Trabalho, Economia e Políticas Públicas - TRAEPP-UFPR desde 2018 e atuou como pesquisadora e professora assistente junto ao Núcleo de Estudos Avançados de Direito do Trabalho e Socioeconômico - NEATES-PUCPR (2015/2018). Professora convidada da Academia Brasileira de Direito Constitucional - ABDConst. Revisora de Periódico. É Procuradora do Município de Curitiba. As pesquisas estão voltadas ao Direito Constitucional e Direito do/ao Trabalho.

Marco Antônio César Villatore, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Pós-doutorado em Direito pela Universidade de Roma II, Doutor pela Universidade de Roma I, Professor do PPGD da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Coordenador de Pós-graduação na ABDConst. Advogado.

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2023-11-07

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Maximiliano, A. M., & Villatore, M. A. C. (2023). Biopolitics and the state of exception in the context of the decollectivisation of labour relations. Profanações, 10, 421–448. https://doi.org/10.24302/prof.v10.4840

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