(Neo)liberal securitarian democracy: insecurity and performativity in the era of surveillance capitalism

Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss democratic (de)integration, based on the constitution of a (neo)liberal security democracy in the context of surveillance capitalism. The main question guiding the research is to understand the extent to which liberal democracy inserted under the framework of surveillance capitalism corresponds to the introduction of a democracy based on structures of enmity, substantially transforming itself into a (neo)liberal security democracy. The methodology used is based on historical materialism through the lens of Antonio Negri. In order to answer the problem, the text is structured as follows: first, we want to analyze surveillance capitalism and the biopolitical control apparatuses inserted in the development of a new governmentality; then, we want to evaluate liberal security democracy and the plantation paradigm, discussing the zones of exclusion in the Brazilian reality; and finally, we want to use the concepts of democracy and insurrection in order to articulate the power of bodies for a new democratic project. As a result, the surveillance and unbridled punishment of subalternized groups was observed, especially in the zones of exclusion in Brazilian society, concluding that it is inevitable to unite the performativity of bodies in order to build a new democratic project.

Key words: Surveillance Capitalism; Liberal Democracy; Neoliberalism.