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Race as a central element of Brazil's death policy: visiting the teachings of Roberto Esposito and Achille Mbembe

Abstract

This article aims to present discussions about the politics of death of black youth in Brazil, having as main reading key the race, and based on the theses of two philosophers, the Italian Roberto Esposito (biopolitics) and the Cameroonian Achille Mbembe (necropolitics). To develop the ideas will be used the literature review method interlaced with static data presented in the Map of Violence 2018 and Atlas of Violence 2019 on the death of Brazilian black youth.

Keywords:
Black youth; Biopolitics; Necropolitics

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