Coronavirus, democracy and the state of exception

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1982-4807.2019i26p57-67

Keywords:

Giorgio Agamben, exception state, pandemic, coronavirus

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemics has brought many reflections expressed through articles, essays and books, with distinctive perspectives. This article aims to present and discuss the book Refletions on the plague: trials in times of pandemics which brings conceptions about the state of exception and establish its relations with the COVID-19 pandemic. We don’t intend to present an analysis of this work as a whole, but of it’s considerations about the current pandemics.

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Author Biography

Homero de Oliveira Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Professor Titular (aposentado)/ Instituto Humanitas/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Autor dos livros: A insurreição comunista de 1935 (1995, Ensaio/SP), A reforma política no Brasil e outros ensaios (2001, Sebo Vermelho, Natal/RN), Democracia e representação política no Brasil (2007, Editora Sulina, Porto Alegre/RS),Dilemas da representação política no Brasil (2008, Editora da UFPB, João Pessoa/PB), Crise dos partidos: democracia e reforma política no Brasil (2012, Paco Editorial, Jundiaí, SP), Intérpretes do Brasil, alguns olhares (org) (2016, Editora CCTA, UFPB, João Pessoa, PB), Brasil, alguns Intérpretes, novos olhares (org.) (2018, Appris editora, Curitiba, PR), O triunfo da pequena política(2018, editora CRV, Curitiba, PR).

Published

2020-12-20

How to Cite

Costa, H. de O. (2020). Coronavirus, democracy and the state of exception. Ponto-E-Vírgula, (26), 57–67. https://doi.org/10.23925/1982-4807.2019i26p57-67