The present text proposes to affirm the importance of Michel Foucault for the geographic analysis. In light of a re-reading of the ways in which power is exercised in Western society and its spatiality established by Foucault, na exercise is performed to analyze the ways in which Brazilian contemporary cities are organized in response to risks and insecurities. It seeks to observe the extent to which aspects of sovereignty, discipline and biopolitics are updated in the Brazilian state and private initiative on different fronts, such as the military Police action on the spaces in habited by the poorest people, the policy of mass in carceration conducted by the Brazilian State, the expansion of gated communities and the use of surveillance cameras in public spaces.
O GOVERNO DA INSEGURANÇA NAS CIDADES BRASILEIRAS CONTEMPORÂNEAS: UM EXERCÍCIO DE ANÁLISE À LUZ DAS CONTRIBUIÇÕES DE MICHEL FOUCAULT SOBRE OS PODERES E SUAS ESPACIALIDADES
Leonardi Bricalli, Iafet
2020-01-01
Abstract
The present text proposes to affirm the importance of Michel Foucault for the geographic analysis. In light of a re-reading of the ways in which power is exercised in Western society and its spatiality established by Foucault, na exercise is performed to analyze the ways in which Brazilian contemporary cities are organized in response to risks and insecurities. It seeks to observe the extent to which aspects of sovereignty, discipline and biopolitics are updated in the Brazilian state and private initiative on different fronts, such as the military Police action on the spaces in habited by the poorest people, the policy of mass in carceration conducted by the Brazilian State, the expansion of gated communities and the use of surveillance cameras in public spaces.
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