The possible interlocution between Foucauldiantheories and the prison system in Brazil

Authors

  • Abraão Lincoln Ferreira Costa UNIPLAN Autor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36592/opiniaofilosofica.v15n1.1091

Keywords:

Bodies, Illegalism, Foucault, Panopticon, Prisons

Abstract

The present article proposes to investigate the theories of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, especially located in Discipline and Punish and Microphysics of Power, trying to bring them closer to the reality of the penal system, as well as the State and Brazilian civil society. Therefore, the search will be divided as follows: First, explore the Foucauldian term “illegalism”, verifying the conditions of its best suitability in cases of violence against detainees within some prisons in the country. Then, the study intends to succinctly address the phenomenon known as “panopticism” and its manifestation, not simply directed to the prison environment, but also perceiving it in school, hospital, military, religious and other spaces. After analyzing the considerations of illegalism and the Panopticon, it will be possible to substantiate the suspicion of the meaning of “docile bodies”, as modes of political and economic subjection, probably resulting from a classist and consumerist system, whose success would depend on the full effectiveness of its mechanisms.

Author Biography

  • Abraão Lincoln Ferreira Costa, UNIPLAN

    Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE) e pós doutorando em Filosofia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade de Brasília. Atualmente é professor concursado da Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Distrito Federal e professor de Filosofia no curso de direito do Centro Universitário Estácio de Brasília

Published

2024-05-23

How to Cite

The possible interlocution between Foucauldiantheories and the prison system in Brazil. (2024). Revista Opinião Filosófica, 15(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.36592/opiniaofilosofica.v15n1.1091