Pressupostos e implicações do conceito de raça no alvorecer do século XXI a partir de Achille Mbembe

Abstract

The logic of capital, based on Mbembe's analysis, established that race in the 21st century no longer only involves a classification of human beings based on skin color, ethnicity, sexual orientation or origin. The concept of race transcends these classifications and affects all human beings, regardless of their color, creed, orientation or origin, being sufficient for the occurrence of their social alienation that is not able to be inserted in the ideal concept of modern society. So: What are the assumptions and implications of the concept of race at the dawn of the 21st century from Achille Mbembe? This dissertation sought to appreciate assumptions and implications of the concept of race at the dawn of the 21st century from Achille Mbembe. To this end, we started from the identification of the assumptions of the concept of race from Achille Mbembe, aiming to understand the implications of the concept of race from these assumptions and finally, analyzing the relationship between assumptions and implications of the concept of race at the dawn of the 21st century from Achille Mbembe. The research was carried out through a literature review, based on the existing books on race through the thought of Achille Mbembe and the selection of published articles, being characterized as a bibliographic research, besides qualitative. Faced with the society of abundance and the need to insert themselves in the logic of consumption, the classification of human beings is determined by their ability to consume. In this new context, human beings are constantly inserted and alienated from society, and may be present and, however, not be seen or desired by it. This new form of classification of society was accentuated by the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic that plagued the world and demonstrated the immense inequality that exists among human beings, making present the concept of black becoming of Achille Mbembe although it has mostly affected the black population. The concept demonstrates that segregation in the 21st century no longer only affects the black population of African origin, but reaches all human beings, regardless of where they are or where they originate from. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]