VIOLÊNCIA, PRECARIEDADE, NECROPOLÍTICA E DESIGUALDADE SOCIAL EM ESPAÇOS URBANOS

VIOLENCE, PRECARIOUSNESS, NECROPOLITICS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN URBAN SPACES

Abstract

Cities are complex urban spaces due to geographical, social and economic differences which are responsible for upheavals and chaos. Our objective is to reflect on the unequal distribution of precariousness in different regions of the urban space, in relation to techniques that contribute to the submission and objectification of bodies, considering them commodities through the control of the population that trigger power strategies resulting in segregation and social hierarchy. Through these tactics, in the modern scenario of capitalism, the accumulation of men takes place in a similar manner to the accumulation of capital. The application of biopower results in the disordered expansion of certain human groups at the expense of productive forces and the different distribution of profit. Besides, we reflect on these topics taking into consideration the bibliographic review method, privileging a line of thought with emphasis on precariousness coated in vulnerability, considering disposable lives not subject to mourning and protected lives. Then, the role of urban equipment and services available in certain neighborhoods is questioned. We conclude that biopower is not just a power centralized in a governmental authority, personified in great executioners of certain groups, since it is a network in which power is capillarized and determines, through social adjustments, higher levels of precariousness in certain social segments and smaller shares in others. Finally, we state that the evidence referred to converges to think the scope of the Necropolitics, based especially on racial issues, used to justify the context of killable lives.