The new (bio)political history

on captures and resistances

Abstract

In this essay, we discuss some issues from the field of (bio)(necro)political studies,  based on a perspective of the history of the present and on concepts such as biopolitics, necropolitics and amerindian perspectivism. The bio, all of its life, takes part in historiography by conveying the perspective of other problematizations to political issues, indicted by the now greater number of actors, themes and historical sources, which are recognized as legitimate to history. We propose a reflection upon the (bio)political fleshes-bodies, be they ashes, rotting or pulsating, upon their flows of life and death, for, as a counterpoint to annihilation from memory and/or history, there needs to occur the “good fight”. The concepts of biopolitics and biopotency, in their dimensions of control,  resistance, and resiliency have developed into other analytical practices, which allow for reflections that contribute to the understanding of contemporary experiences, in what concerns the present/past, marked by alliances and struggles, constituting multiple forms of sociability. In this sense, here, some considerations and reflections are presented on some topics that constitute the contemporary debate, such as necropolitics, racism, psychopolitics, burnout society, debt politics, multitude and amerindian perspectivism.